Michelle Carter, a Massachusetts woman who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself, was released from prison Thursday morning.
Michelle Carter leaves the Bristol County jail, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Dartmouth, Mass., after serving most of a 15-month manslaughter sentence for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in 2014. The 23-year-old, released three months early for good behavior, will serve five years of probation. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Carter began serving her 15-month prison sentence last February but was granted an early release due to time already served and good behavior.
In 2017, Carter was convicted in the death of her boyfriend, 18-year-old Conrad Roy, who died by suicide in July 2014. Investigators later found text messages in which Carter had encouraged Roy to go through with his suicide.
Prosecutors say Carter listened over the phone as Roy suffocated from carbon monoxide poisoning in his car and failed to inform authorities.
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Earlier this month, the Supreme Court said it would not hear an appeal of Carter’s case, which left her conviction intact.
