Michelle Carter To Get 2 1/2 Years In Texting Case - Page 2

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@Glitter51 wrote:
She definitely deserves to serve more time that that!! However, there must have been signs that he clearly suffered from something like depression or mental issues. I guess I just don't see how someone could have that much control over another person.

He had a long history of depression and had been suicidal before but that was never the issue. The thing was that she kept pushing and pushing and pushing him to do it. She was relentless because was actually having second thoughts about doing but she was someone he trusted and she pushed all the right buttons and wouldn't let up. She's a psycopath and there's no guarantee that she'll go to jail. The law is murky at best with this type of thing and she will appeal. She's out on bail pending an appeal now.

Cakers3 · ‎06-17-2015

@ECBG wrote:
The law has always leaned to the "innocent". Unfortulately, some of the other gets through the gates. That's "humanity".

I'm praying for all in the case having taught. Something has gone wrong somewhere and this is the end result of years of disfunctionalism.

@ECBGWould you have it any other way?

"" Compassion is a verb."-Thich Nhat Hanh

TenderMercies · ‎06-03-2017

I'm very concerned about the precedent that the ruling in this case may set. At what point do the words of others eclipse the autonomous choices that we make? I realize this is an extreme circumstance involving a victim who had severe mental issues, but a ruling like this could open a door for future rulings that could lead to laws which eventually start to really limit our free speech and denigrate our responsibility as citizens and human beings to simply take basic care of ourselves. Yes, she is a monster, but I am concerned about where this could end up going.

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

@Cakers3 wrote:
@ECBG wrote:
The law has always leaned to the "innocent". Unfortulately, some of the other gets through the gates. That's "humanity".

I'm praying for all in the case having taught. Something has gone wrong somewhere and this is the end result of years of disfunctionalism.
@ECBGWould you have it any other way?

@Cakers3, you took the words right out of my mouth. Thank goodness we have a system that presumes one is innocent until proved otherwise. It's a hallmark of a civilized system.

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

wakefield64 · ‎03-10-2010

She is only going to serve 15 months of the sentence and she is currently out on probation while her lawyer appeals to the Mssachusetts courts. His basis is that this is a precedent setting case that should be appealed on the grounds that the crime happened not with verbal communication but with non verbal texts. This could influence other cases in the future.

Now if it were up to me she would be in prison tonight serving 5 years and if the peron sitting behind her in the with the long dark hair was her mother, I can see partially why she is the way she is. This woman was staring at herself in the camera and making faces clutching the cross around her neck. When the judge at the end of the sentencing said that he wanted to refer to something that the mother of Conrad had said this woman made a face in the camera. We are not allowed to say what I would like to say right now.

YorkieonmyPillow · ‎01-13-2013

I honestly can't conceive of anyone telling another person to kill themselves.

Beyond my comprehension.

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

He was OUT OF THE CAR - and she told him to get back in and finish it. IMO she is one evil person. This young man supposedly was her boyfriend, so shouldn't she want to have him around? I think she needs help, and I also think she needs to serve some time.

SahmIam · ‎04-16-2010

Another "BS" sentencing. Family members were just saying tonight that it appears that judges are being easier on the more violent crimes when they're not OBVIOUS violent crimes so people will continue to do them.

I'm disgusted but I'm nobody so....yeah.

Ms tyrion2 · ‎05-08-2017

@suzyQ3 wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
@ECBG wrote:
The law has always leaned to the "innocent". Unfortulately, some of the other gets through the gates. That's "humanity".

I'm praying for all in the case having taught. Something has gone wrong somewhere and this is the end result of years of disfunctionalism.
@ECBGWould you have it any other way?
@Cakers3, you took the words right out of my mouth. Thank goodness we have a system that presumes one is innocent until proved otherwise. It's a hallmark of a civilized system.

...and @suzyQ3, you took the words right out of my mouth.

Every American should understand "innocent until proven guilty"

CHIP62 · ‎09-06-2014

@ECBG,

I totally agree with you furthermore to tamper with the mental stability of a"loved" one who is already suffering is just despicable. As if the state of despair of those who have this condition were not enough🌻