'Unprecedented' ruling against Crumbleys opens up a 'Pandora's box' in criminal justice system: Andy McCarthy

James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, were each sentenced Tuesday to 10-15 years in prison in connection to the 2021 mass shooting. Fox News contributor Andry McCarthy, however, issued a warning on "America Reports" on how the "unprecedented" decision could impact the criminal justice system. 

ANDY MCCARTHY: It's completely unprecedented ...your heart breaks for the parents of the children who were killed here. But you have to remember that the person who actually did the shooting got treated as an adult and was sentenced to life in prison. So it's not like the system didn't carry out law enforcement against the person who actually did this. It's unprecedented to hold the parents accountable to something that they obviously didn't plan, agree to participate in. I frankly just don't think that this is what the criminal justice system is for. I think the criminal justice system mainly should be reserved for intentional wrongs. And I think it's more troubling here because Michigan actually attempted to or proposed passing child access prevention laws, which would prevent – which would make it a crime for parents to negligently allow their children to have access to firearms. And the legislature wouldn't pass that. So what happened here is the prosecutor made up a crime on the fly that the legislature had not opted to pass.