A woman who encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court. She was found guilty in 2017 and sentenced to 15 months for her part in his death.
Attorneys for Michelle Carter filed an appeal of her conviction with the United States Supreme Court Monday.
In the filing, Carter's attorneys urged the Supreme Court to consider,"the questions whether Carter's conviction for involuntary manslaughter violated the U.S. Constitution."Carter was found guilty in 2017 and sentenced to 15 months in a Massachusetts jail for her part in the death of her boyfriend, 18-year-old Conrad Roy III, who killed himself in his car in Fairhaven, Massachusetts in 2014.
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