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

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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",

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Speaking from the bench, Moniz said he concluded Carter was guilty of involuntary manslaughter, in part, for ordering Roy back into the truck in what she knew was a toxic environment where it would take him 15 minutes to die — and failed to notify anyone as required under Massachusetts law.

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