A Massachusetts woman must serve prison time after she urged her boyfriendto kill himselfin a series of text and phone conversations, a Massachusetts court ruled Monday.
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Roydied in his pickup truck from carbon monoxide poisoning— an act Carter had supported and encouraged in exchanges that came to light after Roy’s death on July 13, 2014.
Testimony at Carter’s 2017 trial revealed that Carter, who was not present with Roy at the time he died, was on the phone with him as he expressed doubts about his actions.
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“She did nothing,” said Moniz. “She did not call the police or Mr. Roy’s family. Finally, she did not issue a simple additional instruction [to Roy]: ‘Get out of the truck.'”
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The Massachusetts high court ruling picked up a similar theme.
“After she convinced him to get back into the carbon monoxide filled truck,” he wrote, “she did absolutely nothing to help him: she did not call for help or tell him to get out of the truck as she listened to him choke and die.”
“We continue to believe that Michelle Carter did not cause Conrad Roy’s tragic death, and she should not be held criminally responsible for his choice to end his own life,” said Marx. “Today’s decision stretches the law to assign blame for a tragedy that was not a crime.”
But he did not concede defeat, vowing to “evaluate all legal options for Michelle including a possible appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court,” according to his statement.
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Meanwhile, theBristol County Attorney’s Officesaid in a statement that it would soon ask the Juvenile Court to order Carter to begin serving her sentence.
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source: people.com
