A young woman who as a teenager encouraged her boyfriend through dozens of text messages to kill himself is responsible for his suicide, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday in upholding her involuntary manslaughter conviction. Carter, now 22, was sentenced to 15 months in jail, but has remained free while she pursues her appeals. Carter and Roy both lived in Massachusetts but met in Florida in 2012 while both were on vacation with their families. Her case raised thorny legal questions about free speech and provided a disturbing look at teenage depression and suicide. "We are therefore not punishing words alone, as the defendant claims, but reckless or wanton words causing death," Kafker wrote.

Source: ABC News February 06, 2019 15:18 UTC