{"id":10403,"date":"2017-08-04T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T10:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nasimword.ir\/?p=10403"},"modified":"2017-08-04T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T10:08:23","slug":"michelle-carter-receives-15-months-in-jail-will-remain-free-pending-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nasimword.ir\/?p=10403&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Carter receives 15 months in jail; will remain free pending appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

FALL RIVER \u2014 Michelle Carter was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for goading 18-year-old Conrad Roy III into committing suicide in July 2014, but she was allowed to remain free while her appeal is pending.<\/p>\n

Judge Lawrence Moniz sentenced Carter, 20, in Bristol Juvenile Court, in a dramatic end to a case that drew national media coverage and generated widespread outrage over the\u00a0text messages\u00a0she sent Roy in the days and moments before his death, urging him to kill himself by any possible means.<\/p>\n

Moniz sentenced Carter to a 2\u00bd-year term with 15 months suspended. He stayed the sentence, at the request of Carter\u2019s lawyers, while her appeal makes its way through the state court system.<\/p>\n

He said he did not believe Carter\u2019s young age at the time of the offense, or her own mental health issues, contributed to the crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am satisfied that she is mindful of the actions for which she now stands convicted,\u201d Moniz said.<\/p>\n

Before handing down his sentence, Moniz heard from Roy\u2019s father, Conrad Roy Jr., and sister, Camdyn Roy, both of whom fought back tears as they describe the ordeal of losing their loved one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot begin to describe the despair I feel over the loss of my son,\u201d Roy Jr. said. \u201cI am heartbroken.\u201d<\/p>\n