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CORRECTS FROM CAMDEN TO CAMDYN - Conrad Roy's sister Camdyn gives her victim impact statement before Michelle Carter is sentenced Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Taunton, Mass. Carter was convicted in June by a judge who said her final instruction to Conrad Roy III caused his death. She was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter. (Matt West/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

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Conrad Roy's sister Camden gives her victim impact statement before Michelle Carter is sentenced Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Taunton, Mass. Carter was convicted in June by a judge who said her final instruction to Conrad Roy III caused his death. She was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter. (Matt West/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

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Michelle Carter awaits her sentencing in a courtroom in Taunton, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, for involuntary manslaughter for encouraging Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July 2014. Carter was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter.(Matt West/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

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Defendant Michelle Carter listens to testimony at Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., in Taunton, Mass. Carter was convicted in June by a judge who said her final instruction to Conrad Roy III caused his death. Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz will sentence Carter on Thursday, Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool, File)

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Michelle Carter cries after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of Conrad Roy III, Friday, June 16, 2017, in Bristol Juvenile Court in Taunton, Mass. (Glenn C.Silva/Fairhaven Neighborhood News, Pool)

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Michelle Carter cries while flanked by defense attorneys Joseph Cataldo, left, and Cory Madera, after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of Conrad Roy III, Friday, June 16, 2017, in Bristol Juvenile Court in Taunton, Mass. (Glenn C.Silva/Fairhaven Neighborhood News, Pool)

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Michelle Carter looks on after closing arguments were made during her trail Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Bristol Juvenile Court in Taunton, Mass. Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July 2014. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

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Attorney Joe Cataldo, center, walks past his client Michelle Carter as he returns to the defense table in Bristol Juvenile Court, after a sidebar with Judge Lawrence Moniz, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Taunton, Mass. He then rested his case. Also returning are ADAs Maryclare Flynn, left, and Katie Rayburn. Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July 2014. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

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Maryclare Flynn, center, assistant prosecuting attorney, watches Michelle Carter as Dr. Peter Breggin testifies during the trial of Carter, Monday, June 12, 2017, in Taunton, Mass. (Faith Ninivaggi/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

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Defense attorney Joseph Cataldo argues that the Commonwealth failed to meet the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard in its case against Michelle Carter, and asked Judge Lawrence Moniz to render a not guilty verdict in Taunton Juvenile Court on Friday, June 9, 2017. Michelle Carter has been charged with manslaughter in the suicide death of Conrad Roy III, who was found in the K Mart parking lot in Fairhaven, Mass., after dying from carbon monoxide poisoning.(Glenn Silva/Fairhaven Neighborhood News/Pool via AP)

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Asst. District Attorney Katie Rayburn shows the iPhone that defendant Michelle Carter used to text Conrad Roy III to Fairhaven, Mass., Detective Scott Gordon, right, was the lead detective in the case after Roy's body was found in a pickup truck in Fairhaven, Mass., in July, 2014. The trial of Michelle Carter proceeds in Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass Wednesday, June 7, 2017. She is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy, III to kill himself in July 2014. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)

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Defense attorneys Cory Madera, left, and Joe Cataldo, right, and defendant Michelle Carter, center, view the scene at a former KMart store in Fairhaven where the body of Conrad Roy III was found in a pickup truck. The trial of Carter proceeds in Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass Wednesday, June 7, 2017. She is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy, III to kill himself in July 2014. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)

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Defense Attorney Joe Cataldo, left, and defendant Michelle Carter, right, look over photos that were taken at the Homers for Conrad fundraising event that Carter organized several months after Conrad Roy III committed suicide. The trial of Carter proceeds in Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. She is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy, III to kill himself in July 2014. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)

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Samantha Boardman, 20, of Norfolk, Mass., a former friend of defendant Michelle Carter looks over photos that were taken at the Homers for Conrad fundraising event that Carter organized several months after Conrad Roy III committed suicide. The trial of Carter proceeds in Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. She is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy, III to kill himself in July 2014. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)

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Defendant Michelle Carter looks on as attorneys and judge meet at sidebar. A string of her texts are projected behind her. The trial of Carter proceeds in Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. She is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy, III to kill himself in July 2014. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)

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Defendant Michelle Carter, right, confers with her lawyer Joe Cataldo, center, as second defense attorney Cory Madera listens to testimonies. The trial of Carter proceeds in Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. She is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy, III to kill himself in July 2014. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)

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Massachusetts State Trooper Paul Bartlett holds a copy of a photo he took of the deceased's body inside a pickup truck, as he testifies in Michelle Carter's trial, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Taunton, Mass. Carter is charged with manslaughter for allegedly using text messages to encourage her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, 18, to kill himself. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

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Roy family members react when crime-scene photos are projected during the trial of Michelle Carter, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Taunton, Mass. Carter is charged with manslaughter for allegedly using text messages to encourage her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, 18, to kill himself. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

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A photograph of the truck, in which Conrad Roy III killed himself, is projected during testimony in the trial of Michelle Carter, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Taunton, Mass. Carter is charged with manslaughter for allegedly using text messages to encourage her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, 18, to kill himself. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

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Michelle Carter's text messages are displayed as prosecutor Maryclare Flynn delivers her opening statement in Carter's trial, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Taunton, Mass. Carter is charged with manslaughter for allegedly using text messages to encourage her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, 18, to kill himself. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)