vermontsavant wrote:
The supreme court of the US refused to hear Carter's appeal but there is good news for her,she is being released early for good behavior.
Michelle Carter,the 22 year old Plainville,MA woman convicted of manslaughter for pressuring Conrad Roy III to commit suicide,is slated to be released from prison this week,the Bristol county sheriff's office has confirmed.
There have been no problems and she is attending programs and getting along with other inmates,Carter will be released from the Dartmouth facility on 1-23-20.
In 2014,Carter then 17 encouraged Roy,18 to kill himself through text messages,on july 23rd,2014 Roy filled his pick up with carbon monoxide and died in a parking lot.
Since Carter's conviction there has been another encouraged suicide that has made the Boston news,legislature's are now considering laws that deal with encouraged suicide,the Michelle Carter case was a pioneering case in these suicide related cases.
boston.com The Boston Globe
<facetious mode activated>
On balance,
I would say it is wrong to entice someone into suicide.
I'm not firm on this.
I'm willing to listen to alternative points of views.