(TAUNTON, MA) AUG 3 – A MASSACHUSETTS JUDGE THURSDAY STAYING HIS OWN SENTENCE OF 17 YEAR-OLD MICHELLE CARTER. CARTER IN JUNE WAS CONVICTED OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER FOR USING TEXT MESSAGES AND A PHONE CALL TO ENCOURAGE HER THEN BOYFRIEND CONRAD ROY TO KILL HIMSELF.
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(TAUNTON, MA) AUG 3 – A MASSACHUSETTS JUDGE THURSDAY STAYED HIS OWN SENTENCE IN THE CASE OF A 17 YEAR-OLD HE CONVICTED IN JUNE FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER OF HER THEN BOYFRIEND BY USING TEXTS AND A PHONE CALL. THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT HAD EARLIER SAID THE CASE COULD MOVE FORWARD DESPITE THE DEFENSE’S FREE SPEECH CLAIMS.
REPORTER BILL MARCUS HAS MORE.