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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
hear. yeah, well and also, how do you say no when the entire thing is about you? so you were still the princess? right. reporter: emily was 17, but sara was nearly 24 and edging away from the smothering nest. i moved out. how d you do that? that s a huge step. they were leaving to go to tennessee and i didn t wanna go. and i had just lost my mom and i couldn t stand the thought of losing my dad. i never have been able to stand that thought. my daddy is so important to me. and did you tell lou to his face, i m not going. i m not gettin in the car ? yes. how d that go down? he was very angry with me. scary angry. and i just said, i m i can t. i m not doin that. i don t wanna be that far away from my dad. i don t.
tell me about this. it s a new record called last man standing. me and buddy cannon put it together and wrote the songs, and it s got some pretty good songs in it. i don t wanna be the last man standing oh, wait a minute, maybe i do if you don t mind, i ll start a new line and decide after thinking it through my understanding is you ve written 3,000 songs, maybe more. probably. i don t know. they re not just wonderful songs, but the words are just so powerful. where does that come from in you? i don t know. i m just fortunate enough to be able to put down what i m thinking and put a melody to it, and like harlan howard says,
tell me about this. it s a new record called last man standing. me and buddy cannon put it together and wrote the songs, and it s got some pretty good songs in it. i don t wanna be the last man standing oh, wait a minute, maybe i do if you don t mind, i ll start a new line and decide after thinking it through my understanding is you ve written 3,000 songs, maybe more. probably. i don t know. they re not just wonderful songs, but the words are just so powerful. where does that come from in you? i don t know. i m just fortunate enough to be able to put down what i m thinking and put a melody to it, and like harlan howard says,