VIDEO: Suicide-by-text convict Michelle Carter walks out of prison months early
Manslaughter
Authorities called Carter a ‘model inmate’ who participated in multiple prison programs
Manslaughter
January 14, 2020
Michelle Carter to WALK FREE: Suicide-by-text convict gets early release despite losing appeal in suicide-by-text case
Michelle Carter, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend’s 2014 suicide, will be released from a Massachusetts prison next week for good behavior. WXFT reported that Carter, 22, will be released on January 23 — months ahead of her expected release date in May. Carter began her two-and-a-half-year sentence in February. She …
Suicide
October 28, 2019
The new Michelle Carter? Abusive girlfriend encouraged boyfriend’s suicide in text messages [Prosecutor]
A Massachusetts grand jury indicted a woman on involuntary manslaughter charges earlier this month in connection with the May 20 suicide of her boyfriend, who took his own life 90 minutes before his college graduation. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced the October 18 indictment against Inyoung You, 21 on Monday. Rollins said You …
Court
September 19, 2019
Early release? ‘Death by text’ girlfriend who pushed teen boy to kill himself asks parole board to let her out of prison early
A Massachusetts woman sentenced to 15 months in prison after pressuring her boyfriend to kill himself is asking for early release. After serving seven months, Michelle Carter appeared before the Massachusetts Parole Board on Thursday. No decision has been made yet, according to NBC Boston, and the parole board does not have a deadline to …
Court
July 8, 2019
Michelle Carter: Girlfriend who pushed boy to kill himself appeals, takes death by text case to U.S. Supreme Court
Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman currently serving a 15-month sentence for encouraging her late boyfriend to kill himself in 2014, has appealed her case up to the U.S. Supreme Court. BuzzFeed reported that Carter, 22, has asked the country’s highest court to review her involuntary manslaughter conviction on the basis that her texts to Conrad …
Court
February 11, 2019
Michelle Carter, convicted in suicide by text case, is ordered to immediately start prison bid
Michelle Carter, who was convicted in 2017 of sending her teen boyfriend texts which encouraged his suicide, was ordered to prison Monday to begin her 15-month sentence. According to NBC News, a Massachusetts judge ruled that Carter, 22, must immediately report to prison despite her defense lawyers arguing she stay free as her case is …
Court
July 15, 2018
Michelle Carter: Teen pushes boyfriend to suicide in text messages claims she’s protected by ‘free speech under the First Amendment and art’
Lawyers argued that text messages Carter, then 17, sent to boyfriend Conrad Roy III, 18, were ‘cherry-picked’ to show her in a bad light
Court
July 3, 2018
Michelle Carter makes appeal, says prosecutors ‘cherry-picked’ texts to make it seem she encouraged boyfriend to kill himself: Report
A Massachusetts woman, sentenced last year to 15 months in jail for encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide, is appealing her conviction on the basis that prosecutors “cherry-picked” texts used against her in the case. Michelle Carter, 21, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after her boyfriend, 18-year-old Conrad Roy III, committed suicide in July 2014, …
Technology and Crime
March 4, 2018
Woman who urged boyfriend to kill himself via text message appeals manslaughter conviction
A judge said Carter caused Roy’s death when she told him to “get back in” his truck as it was filling with carbon monoxide in Fairhaven.
Suicide
August 3, 2017
Justice? Woman who sent texts urging suicide only gets 15 months in jail
By DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter. Michelle Carter, now 20, was convicted …
Suicide
June 25, 2017
‘Try Remorse’: Parents of another suicide victim give advice to Michelle Carter after she’s spotted enjoying her freedom
Michelle Carter Guilty Verdict — Spotted at tanning salon after boyfriend’s suicide
Trials
December 21, 2016
‘I told him I loved him’: Trial scheduled for woman accused of encouraging boyfriend to kill himself
Michelle Carter is accused of pressuring her boyfriend to get back in his truck to finish his suicide plans
