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I could be wrong but believe it is illegal for her/family (?) to profit from her crime.
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I don't think MC should bank on an easy sentence. I just watched the whole video of him explaining his verdict and I think the Judge is disgusted by MC. I think he would have happily convicted her of murder if he had the opportunity. The reasons for not revoking bail make sense to me and don't necessarily means she is going to get an easy sentence. I hope she spends the next 6 weeks or so agonizing and worrying every day about going to prison.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-n...viction-in-the-texting-suicide-trial-answered
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"Northeastern School of Law professor Daniel Medwed said he thinks its unlikely that Carter will get the full sentence, given the unusual nature of the case.
Classic manslaughter charges relate to direct actiona drunk driver killing a pedestrian or a person firing a gun recklessly into a crowd, he said before Monizs decision. Here, Carters actions, as horrible as they were, were one step removed from Roys death and perhaps the judge will show leniency.
*snip*
"Martin Healy, chief legal counsel to the Massachusetts Bar Association, said in a statement that Carters fate was sealed through the use of her own words."
*snip*
"Medwed said Friday a long, legal road lies ahead with what will most likely be a long appeals process.
This is not the last weve heard about Michelle Carter, he said."
I bet her lawyers wished that they went with a jury trial that consisted of men that could have been manipulated by not understanding the law while feeling sorry for her and wanting to save her. Lol
Well no one thought she would be found guilty either...so I'm hopeful the judge will give her a strong manslaughter sentence!
she asked for conrads ashes!!!!! How insane is that, really? Boggles the noggin.I wonder if there was that moment. Some people would just burrow deeper in denial for self-preservation.
she asked for conrads ashes!!!!! How insane is that, really? Boggles the noggin.
I'm not going to lie...I like watching the video posted above with no volume and just staring at her face as it dawns on her she is guilty. I'm a bad person
The ACLU made this statement, and as discussed earlier in this thread, the defense attorney said/says it repeatedly (I left the CNN link with a verbatim transcript indicating such).
love that you're honest
I will rewatch for the same reason
I just watched it again also and understand Judge Moniz reasoning. But I myself do not think she should be "out on bail for the summer". She has been found guilty and is now awaiting sentencing. She should be awaiting that moment locked up. And during this time she can be contemplating the horrendous act she participated in to end Conrads life.
Now that she knows that she has been found guilty who knows what she will do to others and possibly herself included. I think she thought she was going to be found not guilty.
I thought it was nice that Judge Moniz thought of the court workers and all involved vacation plans already made but I would like to have seen her sentenced today!
And I hope I do not see her at the beach the few times a summer I get to go.
I am now behind reading a bit (dang pain pills from surgery knock me out!) so this may have been said already. They couldn't sentence her today because there are some sentencing reports that need to be drawn up. The first 5-6 weeks were given for that purpose. The only consideration given to the summer vacation plans was for the actual date of the hearing to sentence her. It's my understanding that some effort goes in to drafting the reports for sentencing.
But yes. I would have been pleased to see her led away in cuffs. But I'm sure even when she is sentenced she will not be taking into custody on the spot. She will probably have the chance to surrender herself at the prison in the middle of the night to avoid the media... ��
In my mind I keep going to that moment when Conrad's mom realizes she was being played. How in the world she must have felt reading those texts for the first time. I know how I felt and I don't know how in the world your heart survives that as his mother. When she puts all her conversations into context with MC actions and intentions. I think my immediate reaction would be to throw up and pass out.