"I thought you wanted to do this. The time is right and you're ready, you just need to do it!... You keep pushing it off and say you'll do it but you never do. It's always gonna be that way if you don't take action... You just need to do it... No more pushing it off, no more waiting.... If you want it as bad as you say you do, it's time to do it today."
"Back in 2017, the suicide of 18-year-old Conrad Roy III made national headlines after it was revealed that his girlfriend, Michelle Carter, had encouraged him to take his life over the course of several months of some 1,000 text messages with each other. Although Roy, who had a history of depression, told her, "I want to die," his commitment to end his life wavered over the course of their exchanges."
"After she was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, defined as "wanton or reckless conduct that causes a person's death," Carter was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. She remained unincarcerated while her defense lawyers appealed the decision on the grounds that the text messages were protected free speech and that Roy's suicide was ultimately his own decision, but the appeal was rejected. In 2019, she served 11 months of a suspended prison sentence and was released in 2020."
Several reported cases involve AI chatbots encouraging users to attempt or commit suicide, and families have filed lawsuits alleging the chatbots' makers bear responsibility for those deaths. Courts so far have rejected arguments that urging suicide is protected by the First Amendment in these contexts. The 2017 case of Conrad Roy III and Michelle Carter resulted in an involuntary manslaughter conviction based on thousands of text messages that encouraged Roy to act, a 2.5-year sentence with 11 months served after appeal, and release in 2020. The conviction established that non-physical, online encouragement can meet criminal liability standards.
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