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US Supreme Court Denies Michelle Carter’s Appeal in Texting Suicide Case
NBC Miami ^ | January 13, 2020 | Marc Fortier and Caroline Connolly

Posted on 01/13/2020 3:29:05 PM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 01/13/2020 3:29:05 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I hope any guy who does this awful thing gets her short sentence as well.


2 posted on 01/13/2020 3:35:52 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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I honestly don’t think a true suicide is something that should be blamed on another.

We can influence people, but unless it was done by threat of bodily harm, a suicide is on the suicidee.

3 posted on 01/13/2020 3:39:28 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Good. This chick is a psycho.


4 posted on 01/13/2020 3:43:28 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: ConservativeMind

A crowd yelling “Jump,” “Jump” is rude, crude, and immoral, but is not made up of a hundred criminals. The jumper is the only one responsible.

This is a sad case. And yes, teenage depression is a real symptom of the times. Myriad reasons.


5 posted on 01/13/2020 4:00:10 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: leaning conservative

Trashy, too.


6 posted on 01/13/2020 4:04:05 PM PST by Andy'smom (Proud member of the basket of deplorables)
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To: leaning conservative
Good. This chick is a psycho.

Give her a break, She was depressed and not completely in her right mind. Read up on this case, she was on anti depressants at the time. The bad stuff that causes some people to go off on ramp[ages and start mass shootings. Research the devil drugs called SSRI's, then get back to your uninformed rants

7 posted on 01/13/2020 4:04:54 PM PST by Ikeon (“Human genius has its limits, but stupidity does not.”)
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To: Secret Agent Man

exactly. female sentencing discount


8 posted on 01/13/2020 4:09:39 PM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: nickcarraway

A pity she was tried as a juvenile instead as an adult. She should have gotten a decade to think about her selfishness.


9 posted on 01/13/2020 4:13:00 PM PST by oldvirginian (I know not what course others may take but as for me Give me Liberty or give me death)
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A sad situation and sadder result with 2 messed up young people.

Putting this (also depressed) teenager in jail served no good purpose beyond satisfying people’s blood lust.

Most of us have no real knowledge of how many young teens are put on psychoactive drugs. Bad stuff. Really jacks up the suicide rate. They hand the stuff out like candy.


10 posted on 01/13/2020 4:15:28 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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I cannot see how one can be held criminally responsible for someone else’s suicide. Civilly responsible? Perhaps. Criminally responsible? Nope.
11 posted on 01/13/2020 4:19:56 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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“I honestly don’t think a true suicide is something that should be blamed on another.

We can influence people, but unless it was done by threat of bodily harm, a suicide is on the suicidee.”

Spot on. It is a bad road to go down if this concept takes off. “one time ten years ago, she/he said something that drove me to this.”


12 posted on 01/13/2020 4:34:27 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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“I honestly don’t think a true suicide is something that should be blamed on another.

If you see a guy on the edge of a tall bridge, with others trying to save him, and you tell him he is a loser, that everyone hates him, and that he'd be better off dead, and he immediately jumps off...should you not face any charges?

She did far worse than that.

13 posted on 01/13/2020 4:37:10 PM PST by montag813
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No... I do not... And we should never go there, Ever.

Cheer-leading or not, if someone is that weak they will do it sooner or later anyways. Cheer or not.

That is the problem with current society, We are now a bunch of weak crybabies and blame everyone else for the situations we have placed ourselves into. We do not take personal responsibility for our own situation.

It is no one’s fault but our own period. And this is the natural order of things. It does and should weed out the weak of the species... And I would say the same if was another of my own clan.

In fact it has...


14 posted on 01/13/2020 4:49:55 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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“Cheer-leading or not, if someone is that weak they will do it sooner or later anyways. “

you have no proof that some one would do it anyway. I know multiple people who were on the verge many times or that even tried suicide but for the grace of God they did not die. Now they are thankful and see life has a plan and purpose for them.

When a woman like this basically pulls multiple verbal triggers in the guys mind - that is assault, that is evil intent pure and simple, mental battery, it’s a crime.

You dont’ kick some one repeatedly when they are down. you don’t cause your brother/friend/loved one to stumble. and if you do you are at fault, at least for your part.


15 posted on 01/13/2020 5:03:45 PM PST by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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To: nickcarraway

She is a killer with no conscience.


16 posted on 01/13/2020 5:08:43 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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With all respect due, when an individual is raised in a pampered protected bubble without ever having both physical and emotional challenges throughout their lives this is what happens. They have been steered into it the inevitable cause and effect of it.

Don’t raise them in this bubble of protection and it will rarely happen. We were not and it didn’t. You have to climb a tree and fall out before you learn that you might fall and get hurt. But if you are trained and brainwashed to never ever climb a tree you will never learn this reality fact of life.

I am a compassionate being, and I would not be one to cheerlead, but I am also intelligent enough to realize you just can’t save them all once they have been indoctrinated into this very potential mental illness from birth. But never should anyone else be blamed for the personal actions of the individual. Ever...


17 posted on 01/13/2020 5:20:09 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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I take an ssri. I’ve never encouraged someone to kill themself. This girl has dead eyes. But thanks for your uninformed post to me.


18 posted on 01/13/2020 5:26:00 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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“...a suicide is on the suicidee.”

Except this one. She drove him to suicide with endless texts and insults and encouragement to kill himself.

She left an electronic trail that proved she was on him like a demon trying to seduce him into self-destruction, up to the final moment. He had backed out at the last minute and she jumped in and browbeat him into it. Her intent was murder.


19 posted on 01/13/2020 5:28:06 PM PST by odawg
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This young woman needs to be locked up for a very long time. No one should ever forget what she did and I hope this is never forgotten or missed bu anyone she ever meets.


20 posted on 01/13/2020 5:37:18 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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