three years after conrad roy s death. at the bristol county courthouse in taunton, massachusetts, michelle carter went on trial. i d like miss carter to take the witness stand please. reporter: the drama began almost immediately. instead of having the case go before a jury, michelle, at the last minute, chose to let a judge decide her fate. are you doing that of your own free will knowingly and voluntarily? yes. all right. reporter: in her opening statement, flynn drew a straight line from michelle carter s badgering and bullying to conrad s death in the truck that night. she assisted and devised and advised and planned his suicide. she reasoned him out of his reservations. she told him that once he was dead he would be free and happy. he kept saying that to her. i don t wanna do this. it would hurt my family. and she kept saying, don t worry about them. all the fears that he brought up, she had a reason to go around them and convince him that those things weren t re
at stake on june 5, 2017, almost three years after conrad roy s death. at the bristol county courthouse in taunton, massachusetts, michelle carter went on trial. i d like miss carter to take the witness stand, please. reporter: the drama began almost immediately. instead of having the case go before a jury, michelle, at the last minute, chose to let a judge decide her fate. are you doing that of your own free will, knowingly and voluntarily? yes. all right. reporter: in her opening statement, flynn drew a straight line from michelle carter s badgering and bullying to conrad s death in the truck that night. she assisted and devised and advised and planned his suicide. she reasoned him out of his reservations. she told him that once he was dead, he would be free and happy. he kept saying that to her. i don t wanna do this. it would hurt my family. and she kept saying, don t worry about them. all the fears that he brought up, she had a reason to go around them and convi