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06 Jun 2017, 12:05 pm

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/ ... story.html

Did Michelle Carter kill Conrad Roy? I feel confident that she bears some responsibility for his suicide. Her lawyer's claim about her medication causing poor impulse control goes right to the argument over determinism vs. free will.


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08 Jun 2017, 12:34 pm

Some of the text message exchanges:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/us/text-m ... index.html

Horrifying.


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16 Jun 2017, 3:26 pm

Guilty of involuntary manslaughter. How was that involuntary?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/michelle-ca ... ct-guilty/


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