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In May 2008, a federal grand jury indicted Lori Drew, 49, of Missouri, the first of what would become known as the cyber bully. Ms. Drew had created a fake account, posing as a teenage boy to gather information from Megan Meier, a 13-year-old girl. Ms. Drew's daughter had a falling out with Megan. While posing as Josh, Drew pretended to be interested in Megan and then said she was "fat" and that the world would be a better place without her. Megan hanged herself within an hour of receiving the final comments from "Josh." Since the time of this case, there have been many other similar incidents.

One instance occurred in 2017. Conrad Roy III had been dating Michelle Carter, and both suffered from depression. Conrad had died by carbon monoxide poising, appearing to be a suicide. Later, his girlfriend, Michelle, was charged with involuntary manslaughter after investigators discovered texts where she urged him to get back into the truck and continue with his plan. At no time, did Michelle do anything to help Conrad. She never called for help or tell him to get out of his truck as she listened to him die. The jury found her guilty of the involuntary manslaughter.

If Conrad's parents sued Michelle for the wrongful death of Conrad, would double jeopardy apply and why/why not? What is double jeopardy and where does the double jeopardy clause arise?