During the hearing, prosecutors played disturbing audio footage of phone calls with his mother, Marcee Gray, who described the 'fan art' drawings she saw online of her son. Gray asked his mother about the engagement his posts were getting, and seemed excited when she said it was a lot. She told her son that she would print some of the posts to show him, and even said she would keep some for herself. In one particularly haunting call, Marcee Gray promised her son she would make a 'Colty Shrine' in honor of him.
Why isn’t she in the next cell with him, you might ask? Or at least barred from future visitation.
Prosecutors argued that Gray's conversations with his mother and a documented fascination for school shootings proved he had carefully planned the heinous attack.
The case also marked a precedent of convicting parents for their roles in the crimes of their children. Gray's father, Colin Gray, was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in March for purchasing the firearm and keeping it unsecured.
The US Justice system is way ahead of ours', clearly.
Judge Primm said Gray's crimes reflected 'permanent incorrigibility,' adding, 'I will sentence you to life without parole for each of the malice murders you committed.'
And they mean it. No early release in the US for killers.
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