She allegedly told her boyfriend to kill himself and he did. Did she commit a crime? Legal analyst Joey Jackson explains:
Joey Jackson is a legal analyst for CNN and HLN, and a partner at New York City-based Watford Jackson, PLLC. The views expressed here are solely his. Read more opinion on CNN.
Instead of graduating from Boston College on May 20, and sharing a glorious day with his family and friends, 22-year-old Alexander Urtula took his own life. He did so just hours before his graduation ceremony by leaping off a parking garage. His girlfriend of 18 months, Inyoung You, now stands charged with his homicide. Why? Because allegedly she relentlessly encouraged him to kill himself.
As such, a Boston grand jury returned an indictment of involuntary manslaughter against her. If convicted, she could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. She is currently in South Korea, having withdrawn from Boston College this past August. But prosecutors are "cautiously optimistic" that she will come back to the US to face the charge against her. Joey Jackson Central to the prosecution's case is that Urtula was suicidal and depressed, and therefore in a vulnerable state.
Michelle Carter gets 15 months in prison 01:52 Further, the law says that no person has a legal duty to render aid to another -- unless they are the very cause of why another person is in peril. These issues were raised in a similar case involving another young woman, Michelle Carter, who encouraged her boyfriend, Conrad Roy, to take his own life. She was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter two years ago.
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