A School Shooter's Mother Helped Him Reach His 'Fans' From Prison. Here's Why She Wasn't Charged.
Prosecutors said she could not be tied criminally to the killings because she had no custody of Colt Gray and did not provide the guns.
- On Tuesday, Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith reiterated he will not bring criminal charges against Marcee Gray, the mother of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, citing the state's proximate cause law.
- Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services director Candice Broce testified the agency found 12 categories of abuse and neglect connected to Marcee, including inadequate food, shelter, and medical care.
- Prosecutors played jailhouse recordings last week where Marcee chatted casually with Colt about mass shooters, though she wrote Tuesday she was only "doing whatever I could to keep the line of communication open."
- Legal expert John Acevedo, professor of practice at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, noted the comments were "distasteful, but not criminal" because they occurred after Colt was imprisoned.
- Smith stated he lacks "the stomach for a trial where Colt Gray is the victim," indicating prosecutors will avoid charges that would require portraying the four-victim shooter as the victim.
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School shooter Colt Gray’s mother helped him reach his ‘fans’ from prison. Here’s why she wasn’t charged.
Georgia school shooter Colt Gray was sentenced to life in prison and his father to 15 years for providing the gun. Some victims and their families wish his mother would be charged, too.
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