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re: Woman guilty of involuntary manslaughter after pressuring b/f to commit suicide - link&pic

Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:47 am to
Posted by tigerpimpbot
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:47 am to
I know it's a "slippery slope" according to some, but this evil bitch was basically hammering on this dude to kill himself, something like 1000 texts were exchanged in the couple of days leading up to it.

The facts here are pretty egregious. She later acknowledged that she could have stopped him and then wanted all the "credit" for organizing a softball charity event after the suicide, but wouldn't move it to the town where he and his family lived. I don't like the charge, but I can see why it was applied to these facts.
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:52 am to
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I know it's a "slippery slope" according to some, but this evil bitch was basically hammering on this dude to kill himself, something like 1000 texts were exchanged in the couple of days leading up to it.


I agree with this. She should have just told the family or someone to just get him help, and left it alone. Instead she sent the texts which in my opinion, didn't send him over the edge. this dude wanted to die. He was going to do it eventually. I do agree with her being guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 12:13 pm to
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The facts here are pretty egregious. She later acknowledged that she could have stopped him


That the judge used the idea that she could have stopped him as part of the basis of his ruling is very disturbing, a fundamental concept of law is that a individual has "no duty to act", if you see a person about to jump of a cliff and take no action to stop it even if it was well within your ability you cannot be held responsible for what happens.
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