TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who sent her boyfriend dozens of text messages urging him to kill himself has been sentenced to 15 months in jail on a manslaughter charge.
Michelle Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in June by a judge who said she caused the death of 18-year-old Conrad Roy III when she told him to "get back in" his truck as it was filling with carbon monoxide.
Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz also sentenced Carter on Thursday to five years of probation.
Carter was 17 when Roy died in 2014.
During Carter's trial, her lawyer argued that Roy was determined to kill himself and nothing Carter did could change that.
Carter faced a maximum sentence of 20 years.
