Teja Taylor, 26, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm.
A judge in Newport, Virginia, in the eastern United States, deemed “circumstances to justify a sentence greater than the maximum six-month sentence provided by state guidelines,” according to a press release from local judicial officials.
He therefore sentenced the defendant to five years in prison, two of which were suspended, in addition to 21 months in federal prison, “with two sentences to be served consecutively.”
Her son brought a gun to his school in Virginia on January 6 and shot his teacher dead. The teacher, who was injured in the arm and chest, was hospitalized for two weeks.
Teja Taylor pleaded guilty in June to illegally obtaining a firearm and making a false statement on a government form required to purchase a firearm.
Faced with the number of gun deaths involving minors, pressure is mounting in the United States to punish parents who allow them access to these weapons, often through negligence.
Last week, an American teenager, tried as an adult despite being 15 years old at the time of the facts, was sentenced to life in prison for killing four students at his high school in 2021 with a weapon provided by his parents in Michigan. .
Rarely, his parents, accused of negligence and ignoring the warning signs of his behavior, were charged with manslaughter.
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