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Michelle Carter, Who Was Jailed After Encouraging Boyfriend To Take Own Life, Released Early For Good Behaviour

Michelle Carter, Who Was Jailed After Encouraging Boyfriend To Take Own Life, Released Early For Good Behaviour

She was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life via a series of text messages

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

Michelle Carter, the woman who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after sending a series of texts to her boyfriend who then took his own life, has been released early from jail.

A 17-year-old Carter had sent a series of texts to her boyfriend Conrad Murray, 18, seemingly encouraging him to end his life, shortly before he killed himself.

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Following a highly publicised trial, Carter was handed a two-and-a-half-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter, which was reduced to 15 months.

Today, she has been released from prison - four months early - due to good behaviour, the Boston Herald reports.

Bristol County Sheriff's spokesperson Jonathan Darling told the newspaper that Carter had been a 'model inmate' and explained she was able to knock days off her sentence by keeping out of trouble, attending classes and working.

He added: "Inmates in Massachusetts can earn up to 10 days off of their sentence every month."

However, Roy's family have slammed the decision, with his grandfather, also named Conrad Roy, told the Boston Herald: "The sheriff should serve the rest of her time. He lets her go because she's a good girl? She's not a good girl."

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During the headline-grabbing trial, the court heard that Carter had called and text Roy before he killed himself in his truck near his home in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, in 2014.

One message read: "If you don't do it now, you're never going to do it. And you can say you'll do it tomorrow, but you probably won't."

While another said: "I thought you wanted to do this. The time is right and you're ready, you just need to do it! You can't keep living this way. You just need to do it like you did last time and not think about it and just do it babe. You can't keep doing this every day."

Upon her June 2017 conviction, Carter's lawyers launched an appeal in an attempt to stop her from serving any time behind bars.

Carter remained on bail pending her sentencing and was sent to jail in February 2019, with the judge ordering her to serve 15 months and suspending the rest of her two-and-a-half year sentence.

The case inspired a HBO documentary I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth V. Michelle Carter which took an in-depth look at the events that led to Roy's suicide and the subsequent trial of Carter.

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Topics: US News, crime