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Parents on trial for their child committing a mass shooting

A trial in Michigan is seeking to answer a difficult question: can parents be held responsible when their child commits a mass shooting? In this particular case, the teenage shooter has already been convicted. But as William Brangham reports, officials are also seeking to prosecute his parents in a case that could break new legal ground.

Parents on trial for their child committing a mass shooting

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