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Text messaging/suicide case updated...

Susan Louise — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 21:39:31 GMT

This is another case that just makes my blood boil...I call it a form of bullying...I LOATH bullying in any form!

I hope Michelle Carter gets more than nothing or a slap on the wrist. Who in their right mind would help encourage a 'friend' or anyone to kill themselves?

Honestly...this is just nuts!

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ChynnaBlue — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 21:49:17 GMT

I agree. I don't want her to go to prison for 20 years, but I DO think she needs to be punished and I hope that her punishment includes serving the community and spending time working with helping families of those who have committed suicide. I think she really needs to experience that and see what she did.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:21:33 GMT

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
I agree. I don't want her to go to prison for 20 years, but I DO think she needs to be punished and I hope that her punishment includes serving the community and spending time working with helping families of those who have committed suicide. I think she really needs to experience that and see what she did.

If I'd had a suicide in my family, she'd be the last person I'd want to have around. I think she needs to serve prison time, but not 20 years.

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Cakers3 — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:52:30 GMT

A few things stand out to me - Conrad suffered from anxiety, was taking antidepressants at the time, cancelled a move to college, and allegedly had attempted suicide before this incident. Allegedly being key. I wonder if he ever spoke to anybody else outside Michelle.

I wonder if Michelle herself had considered suicide and wanted to see that this method would work.

I agree no jail time and community service with surviving loved ones who experienced suicide and with survivors of suicide, too.

Her common sense was absent but I don't think her intent was totally malicious.

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StillFuntoShop — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 23:49:58 GMT

I saw that this has finally come to trial.

I first heard about it on Nancy Grace's show. I hope she covers it tonight or when there is a verdict. I'd like to see Nancy get a hold of her. Or Judge Judy.

I read a comment today on MSN that basically said that if she gets no punishment, it will send a message (to her and to everyone else) that she didn't do anything wrong. That would be even more tragic. I wonder what is going on in her little viper head right now.

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sidsmom — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:31:26 GMT

@Cakers3 wrote:
A few things stand out to me - Conrad suffered from anxiety, was taking antidepressants at the time, cancelled a move to college, and allegedly had attempted suicide before this incident. Allegedly being key. I wonder if he ever spoke to anybody else outside Michelle.

I wonder if Michelle herself had considered suicide and wanted to see that this method would work.

I agree no jail time and community service with surviving loved ones who experienced suicide and with survivors of suicide, too.

Her common sense was absent but I don't think her intent was totally malicious.

I read where Conrad told Michelle, 11days earlier, they should do it like 'Romeo & Juliet'. Does that mean if she's charged with murder, could her family go after HIS family for attempted murder?

I think they were both 'iffy' in the mental game.

I'm surprised she wasn't declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.

I definitely see both sides, but at the end of the day, like @Cakers3 said, I don't think her intent was totally malicious.

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Goldengate8361 — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 01:11:35 GMT

I do not believe she should be charged with anything! What she did was not nice, but nit being nice is not against the law. She did not cause the suicide. It's just that simple.

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CatsyCline — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 04:40:46 GMT

there has been no trial yet - her defense attorney wants the manslaughter charge dropped. she is seriously disturbed.

to really understand her actions in this case, read the full transcript of their text messages .it is chilling and sick.

they messaged each other daily with her nudging him to kill himself, pushing him, suggesting he will be happier if he dies, daring him. she was relentless

she instructed Roy to delete the messages but he did not.

she wiped her phone but Roy still had all their texts on his phone.

she told him what to do and even suggested the generator to use for Carbon-monoxide poisoning. he didn't know if the one he had at home would work. her response was "GO GET ONE"

at the very end he parked his truck and fired up the generator. at one point he got out of his truck . the generator was running the gas into the cab . he was on the phone with her. she told him to get back in the truck. and he did.

they met only 2 or 3 times in person. the realtionship consisted of text messages

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SydneyH — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 04:57:11 GMT

Manslaughter is a reach imo.

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HappyDaze — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:15:22 GMT

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
I agree. I don't want her to go to prison for 20 years, but I DO think she needs to be punished and I hope that her punishment includes serving the community and spending time working with helping families of those who have committed suicide. I think she really needs to experience that and see what she did.

I don't know. I am afraid she may be a psychopath and therefore would not really learn her lesson from helping families because I do not believe she can feel empathy. Plus, honestly, I would not want this sick person to be around me knowing what she did, to relentlessly encourage someone to kill themselves after losing someone to suicide.

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LUVNLIFE — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 07:11:26 GMT

She may need to be charged with institutionalized time for medication and therapy. She has intent to hurt others and possibly herself. No empathy and showed pre meditation.

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violann — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:28:06 GMT

Excruciatingly sad. What kind of punishment can redeem her life or restore his?

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nunya — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:56:01 GMT

Reading those texts, she definitely has issues. And to text the family asking where he was, when they couldn't find him, is sick.

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Chrystaltree2 — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:34:33 GMT

Bullying.....weird how people don't know the definition of bullying anymore. What she did is so much worse. It was an act that was so evil and so hateful that it boggles the mind. She used words to commit murder. She deserves to be punished and I do believe she is a psychopath. I just don't think there are any laws that cover the situation.

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YorkieonmyPillow — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:10:15 GMT

Although evil and disgusting, what she did doesn't fit the definition of bullying to me.

Bullying is when you harrass someone who can't get away from you, who is unable to escape - i.e., someone being harrassed at their workplace or at school.

All he had to do was block her texts and stop talking to her, if I understand the situation correctly.

However, anyone who would do such an evil, reprehensible thing definitely needs to be attended to in some manner. IMHO, I doubt this case meets any criteria for manslaughter but she definitely needs to go TO JAIL, go directly to jail!

I probably wouldn't be responsible for my actions if I was that boy's mother........