A prosecutors' office says it will ask the trial court to impose the jail sentence for a woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed the manslaughter conviction of Michelle Carter, who coerced her boyfriend via text messages to commit suicide.
The highest court in Massachusetts is considering an appeal from the woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for using text messages to urge her boyfriend to kill himself.
Phil welcomes Conrad Roy, Jr., whose son Conrad Roy III committed suicide in 2014, leading to the highly-publicized trial of the younger Roy's girlfriend, Michelle Carter.
Now, the elder Roy is looking to raise awareness for suicide and help in the battle against by running the Boston Marathon...
BOSTON (AP) _ The aunt of a Massachusetts teenager who took his own life after being urged to do so in text messages from his girlfriend is asking for 20 years behind bars for the woman.
The woman's father will ask that his daughter be spared prison time...
There are no winners in the manslaughter trial of Michelle Carter.
After deliberating for several days Judge Lawrence Moniz has found 20 year old Michelle Carter guilty of manslaughter in the 2014 suicide of 18 year old Conrad Roy of Mattapoisett...
Taunton, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts woman who sent her boyfriend a barrage of text messages encouraging him to kill himself has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
A juvenile court judge found that Michelle Carter caused the death of Conrad Roy III...