6-Year-Old Shoots Teacher... "Mother Responsible" US Court Sentences Mother to Prison

US Sees Increase in Rulings Holding Parents Accountable

In January, a 6-year-old boy in the United States shot a teacher during class, and the U.S. court sentenced the boy's mother to two years in prison for child neglect.

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According to local media reports on the 15th (local time), a circuit court judge in Newport News, Virginia, recognized the prosecution's charge that the mother neglected her son, enabling him to carry out the shooting, and sentenced Deja Taylor (26) accordingly.

Taylor's 6-year-old son shocked American society earlier this year when he shot a teacher who was disciplining him at an elementary school in Newport News. The teacher who was shot sustained serious injuries. The gun was the mother's, which the son brought to school.

Prosecutors have increasingly been charging the parents of children who commit such acts, holding guardians accountable.

Previously, Taylor was sentenced to 21 months in prison last month at the Eastern District Court of Virginia for possession of a firearm and using drugs such as marijuana.

The court judged that if Taylor had not used drugs and had fulfilled her parental responsibilities, her son would not have brought a gun to school.

In April, the injured teacher filed a $40 million (approximately 52.1 billion KRW) lawsuit against the local school district authorities who allowed the boy to possess the firearm, seeking accountability.

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