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Michelle Carter awaits her sentencing in a courtroom in Taunton, Mass., on Aug. 3, 2017, for involuntary manslaughter for encouraging Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July 2014. Matt West/The Boston Herald via AP
A woman who was convicted of encouraging her boyfriend’s suicide was sentenced on Feb. 11 and was taken into custody after the Massachusetts high court upheld her involuntary manslaughter conviction.
Michelle Carter, 22, has to serve her 15-month prison term immediately, said Bristol County Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz, according to NBC News.
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