(Entrallida copypasted de meneame):
Michelle Carter, la estadounidense de 17 años que en 2014 incitó a su novio del instituto a suicidarse mediante una serie de mensajes de texto y llamadas telefónicas, fue declarada responsable de su muerte.
El juez que revisó el caso encontró a Carter culpable de homicidio involuntario. La condena puede llegar hasta los 20 años de cárcel.
(***Aviso: Es EEUU)
Credit: Pool -Michelle Carter cries after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of Conrad Roy III. Photo by Glenn C.Silva / Fairhaven Neighborhood News.
*Foto: Ser humano llorando.
Carter’s defense team had unsuccessfully argued that Roy’s death was a suicide, not a homicide, in a defense that revolved around issues of mental illness.
“He was suicidal in 2011, long before Michelle Carter came along. He was suicidal then,” defense attorney Joseph Cataldo said in his closing argument. “She has some significant issues herself. He’s now bringing her along on this sad journey of his.”
Cataldo also argued that prosecutors were being selective in choosing which Carter texts they accepted at face value. On one hand, prosecutors called Carter an attention-seeking liar when she texted friends about cutting herself.
On the other hand, much of the case hinged on the truthfulness of Carter’s text to Boardman, which prosecutors claimed was a moment of honesty, Cataldo noted.
The defense also claimed Carter was involuntarily intoxicated on the antidepressant Celexa at the time of the crime. Dr. Peter Breggin, a paid expert witness for the defense, argued that Carter had a propensity to be helpful that was warped by the drug.
She blindly decided to help her boyfriend kill himself while lost in an intoxicated daze, Breggin testified.
Prosecutors, however, argued that Breggin was a hired gun who has an ax to grind with the pharmaceutical industry.
After the verdict was read, Cataldo told reporters he is "disappointed" in the decision but won't comment until after sentencing.
The case was Moniz's last before retirement.
Noticia completa (en inglés):
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/06/michelle_carter_found_guilty_in_landmark_texting_suicide_case
Fecha de la noticia:
16-06-2017
Debate:
¿Os han / habéis animado a alguien a suicidarse alguna vez? ¿Os han/habéis hecho caso? ¿Os parece tan punible como el acto de matar?
Saludis.
