The Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of Michelle Carter, a Massachusetts woman who was found guilty of goading her boyfriend into committing suicide in 2014 with numerous text messages and phone calls
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place the manslaughter conviction of a Massachusetts woman for goading her boyfriend into committing suicide in 2014 with numerous text messages and phone calls in a case that drew attention to cyber bullying.
Carter’s lawyers argued that her conviction violated her right to free speech under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. The case raised concerns among civil liberties advocates who said Carter was being prosecuted for her speech. It was the first time Massachusetts brought manslaughter charges related to texting.
That instruction, conveyed to Roy by phone, was captured in a text message Carter sent to a friend. She had, in earlier text messages, encouraged Roy to “promise” to kill himself and helped him plan the event after he abandoned earlier suicide attempts. “You’re just making it harder on yourself by pushing it off, you just have to do it,” she wrote in another.
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