Michelle Carter Trial: Decision Reached

TAUNTON, MA — The judge in the Michelle Carter trial has reached a decision.

Bristol Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz has made a decision in the controversial trial and will make his announcement tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. Carter faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend Conrad Roy.

Roy was found dead from carbon monoxide fumes in his truck in Fairhaven. Prosecutors say Carter is the reason why Roy is dead, pointing to texts where she pleads with him to kill himself, including one where she tells him to get back in the truck when he has second thoughts.

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Carter's defense, however, say Roy was suicidal and had attempted to take his life before. An expert witness for the defense said Carter's text to Roy encouraging his death were the result of involuntary intoxication from an anti-depressant medication.

Foxborough Patch will have the verdict once it is read in court.

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