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Michelle Carter claims urging her boyfriend to commit suicide was “free speech”

July 13, 2019 //  by Donna Andersen//  4 Comments

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On July 12, 2014, two Massachusetts teenagers, Michelle Carter and her boyfriend Conrad Roy III, were texting about suicide. Specifically, Carter urged Roy to commit suicide. She wrote:

“Just go somewhere in your truck and no one is really out there right now because it’s an awkward time. If you don’t do it now you’re never gonna do it, and you can say you’ll do it tomorrow, but you probably won’t. Tonight? Love you.”

Roy got back in his truck and committed suicide. Almost three years later, Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

Carter’s conviction was upheld by the Massachusetts Supreme Court on February 6, 2019. She is now serving a 15-month prison sentence. But a few days ago, Carter’s attorneys filed a petition with the Unites States Supreme Court, asking that her conviction be vacated.

Why? Because her conviction violated her rights to free speech. After all, she was just texting.

In the same week that Carter’s lawyers filed in the Supreme Court, HBO aired a documentary about the case called, I Love You, Now, Die.

The documentary includes the statements of Dr. Peter Breggin, a psychiatrist testified for Carter’s defense that she had “involuntary intoxication,” due to her psychiatric medication. Carter had been taking Prozac for years, but had switched to Celexa three months before Roy died.

Another psychiatrist, Dr. Anne Glowinski, disputed the existence of involuntary intoxication.

She urged her boyfriend to die. Now she’s asking the Supreme court to call it free speech, on WashingtonPost.com.

What is involuntary intoxication, and did it cause Michelle Carter to encourage her boyfriend’s suicide? on Oxygen.com.

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monicapz

Urging someone to commit suicide is a form of hate speech!

July 16, 2019 7:55 pm
Donna Andersen

Monicapz – an interesting perspective. According to the news coverage, the defense is trying to argue that she was on medication and her judgment was impaired. If anything, maybe the drugs made her lose her inhibitions, so she could pursue her desire for power and control over her boyfriend.

July 17, 2019 9:25 am
slimone

it would be wise to watch the HBO documentary about this situation. MUCH more complex than expected. Both these youngsters had serious identity and relationship issues. Both were placed on antidepressants as teens, which is highly risky for them, and can INCREASE both impulsiveness and suicidal behaviors. Both were incredibly needy and ‘lost’. And, their relationship was almost entirely via phone/text.

I was shocked at what I found out about their backgrounds, family’s, and histories. Truly worth watching. It is called I Love You, Now Die.

July 17, 2019 2:39 pm
Sunnygal

Contradictory title.

September 30, 2019 1:22 am

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