A Rotten Human Being ≠ A Criminal

There is a criminal case playing out in Massachusetts that has created a great deal of controversy.  It is the case of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Michelle Carter.  Carter has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of her friend Conrad Roy.  You would think that she must have given him a lethal dose of pills to take, or tied a noose around his neck, or in someway actively participated in his death.  Michelle's alleged crime is that she encouraged, and therefore contributed to his death.
Investigators say just prior to Roy committing suicide, he became scared, said he did not want to leave his family and as a result, got out of his car (in which he had begun filling with CO2 from the vehicle's exhaust). Carter then told him to "get back in" according to court filings. The teens exchanged 1000's of text messages in the days leading up to Roy's suicide, the text are in no uncertain terms disturbing, Carter appears cavalier, cold, uncaring.  As distasteful as the texts may be, can a person, no matter how vile, make someone take their own life?
You have most certainly said in anger "go jump off a bridge" or my family's favorite, "why not go play in some traffic."  If a friend did in fact jump off a bridge, could you reasonably expect to be arrested for their death?  It seem highly unlikely, but if you think logically and not emotionally  about Michelle Carter, then the answer is as obvious.

This is the first case of it's kind.  Those who have been charged in connection with the suicides of others (mostly teens) have not been charged for the death, but for charges related to bullying.  Usually harassment, stalking or making threats.  By all accounts Roy was a deeply troubled young man, My heart breaks for him family and friends.  In any suicide, grief compels us to find out "why?" It compels us to affix blame, to believe that the death could have been prevented.
That is the crux of the case, the Commonwealth has charged Michelle Carter with killing Conrad Roy with her ugly, uncaring and ugly words, they need to blame somebody, because as a society we are unable to accept, that someone would chose death.  Conrad Roy made the fatal decision to end his life, alone in his garage.  Michelle Carter should not be held criminally responsible