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WE ARE ALSO WORKING
DEVELOPING NEWS--
ON A CASE---- WE'VE BEEN
TRACKING FOR YEARS.
PLAINVILLE NATIVE
MICHELLE CARTER--
IS IN CUSTODY.
THIS IS HER FIRST NIGHT
OF A 15 MONTH PRISON
SENTENCE.
(HE)
THIS--
AFTER A JUDGE ALLOWED
HER TO REMAIN FREE
DURING HER STATE
APPEALS.
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AS WE'VE REPORTED--
LAST WEEK--
MASSACHUSETTS
SUPREME COURT UPHELD
HER MANSLAUGHTER
CONVICTION--
IN THE DEATH OF CONRAD
ROY THE THIRD.
(HE)
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO IS LIVE IN
TAUNTON--
WITH WHAT ROY'S
FAMILY--
IS SAYING TONIGHT.
STEPH?
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MICHELLE CARTER WILL
SERVE HER FIRST EVER
NIGHT IN PRISON TONIGHT
AT THE BRISTOL COUNTY
HOUSE OF CORRECTIONS
AFTER A JUDGE ORDERED
HER TO BEGIN HER
SENTENCE....IT WAS RIGHT
HERE IN TAUNTON WHERE
SHE WAS CONVICTED OF
MANSLAUGHTER IN
CONRAD ROY'S
DEATH...TODAY HIS FAMILY
SAID JUSTICE HAS BEEN
SERVED.
"Miss Carter will now be taken
into
custody"
MICHELLE CARTER LED AWAY
TO BEGIN HER 15 MONTH
SENTENCE...
A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER IT
WAS FIRST HANDED DOWN IN
2017...WHEN SHE WAS
CONVICTED IN THE DEATH OF
HER BOYFRIEND CONRAD ROY
THE THIRD...FOR ENCOURAGING
AND INSTRUCTING HIM TO TAKE
HIS LIFE.
JUDGE LAWRENCE MONIZ
ALLOWED HER TO REMAIN FREE
UNTIL AFTER HER STATE
APPEALS.
WITH THE SUPREME JUDICIAL
COURT UPHOLDING HER
CONVICTION LAST
WEEK...MONIZ AGREED WITH
PROSECUTORS THAT CARTER
SHOULD NOW SERVE HER TIME.
We feel that justice has been
served
CONRAD ROY'S AUNT BECKY
MAKI SPEAKING FOR THE
FAMILY OUTSIDE COURT...
Becky Maki/Conrad's aunt:
Leading
up to his death, we thought he
was
in a place where he was
recovering
from his mental health issues.
And
reading the text messages and
understanding, part of the
reason
his life ended was because he
had
somebody that he trusted and
confided in that steered him in
the
wrong direction
carters ATTORNEYS
CONTEND...SHE'S NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR ROY'S
TRAGIC SUICIDE...
He left her a love note thanking
her,
thanking her before he drove off
and
did that, took his own life.
That's
what he wanted, and now she's
being put in jail for something
he
wanted.
ROY'S FAMILY HOPES HIS
STORY HELPS RAISE
AWARENESS FOR MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES AND suicide
prevention.
His life mattered. It mattere to
us
and I think it mattered to a lot
of
people. Conrad, we love you.
(SM)
AND CARTER'S SENTENCE
BEGINS TODAY, 15
MONTHS BEHIND BARS...
HER ATTORNEYS SAY THIS
CASE IS NOT OVER. THEY
PLAN TO APPEAL TO THE
HIGHEST COURT IN THE
LAND.
MORE ON THEIR NEXT
STEPS COMING UP NEW AT
6.
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(HE)
DEVELOPING NEWS NOW
---
TONIGHT, MICHELLE
CARTER IS BEING HELD AT
THE BRISTOL COUNTY
HOUSE OF CORRECTION
--- AFTER A JUDGE
ORDERED SHE BEGIN
SERVING HER SENTENCE.
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THIS FOLLOWS NEARLY
-----TWO YEARS OF
APPEALS OF HER ----2017
CONVICTION ON
MANSLAUGHTER
CHARGES --- FOR
CAUSING THE DEATH OF
CONRAD ROY THE THIRD.
TONIGHT, CARTER'S
ATTORNEYS SAY--- THEIR
LEGAL FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
(HE)
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO JOINS US LIVE
FROM THE
SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS MOBILE
NEWSROOM.
MICHELLE CARTER'S 15
MONTH SENTENCE BEGAN
JUST A FEW HOURS AGO...
4 YEARS AFTER SHE WAS
FIRST INDICTED FOR
MANSLAUGHTER IN THIS
CASE.
THE FAMILY OF CONRAD
ROY SAYS THEY HOPE HIS
STORY HAS MOTIVATED
OTHERS TO GET HELP FOR
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
We feel that justice has been
served
CONRAD ROY'S FAMILY HOPES
THIS WAS THEIR LAST TIME IN
TAUNTON JUVENILE
COURT...AFTER MICHELLE
CARTER WAS FINALLY
ORDERED TO BEGIN THE
SENTENCE SHE WAS GIVEN IN
2017....FOR URGING AND
INSTRUCTING CONRAD ROY TO
TAKE HIS LIFE. .
We know that this is a novel
case
and there's a lot of debate on
whether or not michelle carter
would
go to jail for what happened.
And we
are grateful to the court system
for
seeing that this is something
that
shouldn't happen.
CARTER'S LAWYERS CONTINUE
TO BELIEVE SHE WASN'T
RESPONSIBLE....
this is, sadly what Conrad Roy
wanted. He left her a love note,
thanking her before he drove off
and
did that, took his own life.
THEY PLAN TO APPEAL THE
CASE TO THE U-S SUPREME
COURT...AFTER LOSING AN
APPEAL IN THE HIGHEST COURT
IN MASSACHUSETTS....WHICH
ROUNDLY REJECTED THEIR
ARGUMENT THAT THOSE
THOUSANDS OF TEXT
MESSAGES URGING CONRDAD
TO KILL HIMSELF WERE
PROTECTED BY THE FIRST
AMENDMENT.
Cataldo: We have a split among
state supreme courts, so it's a
good
issue that the united states
supreme
court should give guidance.
THE DEFENSE TEAM TRIED
UNSUCCESSFULLY SEVERAL
TIMES MONDAY TO GET HER
SENTENCE FURTHER
DELAYED.....
It will be a tragedy if
ultimately this
case goes up to the US Supreme
court and they decide she was
wrongfully convicted, that she
will
have done her time.
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AND OF COURSE WE
DON'T KNOW IF THE U-S
SUPREME COURT WOULD
AGREE TO TAKE THIS
CASE, THEY GET
THOUSANDS OF
REQUESTS A YEAR AND
ONLY TAKE UP A SMALL
PERCENTAGE.
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MACHADO EYEWITNESS