Texting suicide trial reveals legal shades of gray
Danny Cevallos
(CNN) Michelle Carter, 20, is on trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of her boyfriend Conrad Roy III, who committed suicide after Carter sent numerous text messages encouraging him to kill himself.
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