A former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi used a
webcam to spy on a roommate who later committed suicide, has been sentenced to
30 days in jail. The judge gave 20-year-old Ravi a 30-day term with probation
on Monday. The judge also called Ravi’s actions “cold, calculated and
methodically conceived”. Ravi was convicted in March of “bias intimidation” for
using a webcam to stream a romantic encounter between his roommate. 18-year-old
Tyler Clementi and another man on the internet. Tyler Clementi took his life by
jumping from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010. Ravi hasn’t
attempted to apologize once and chose not to address the judge at all though his
sentencing hearing. Clementi’s father Joe, said that Ravi saw his son as not
deserving of basic human decency because her was gay. He also says that Ravi
has no remorse. On the other hand Ravi’s lawyer says that he has been “demonized
by the gay community” and the case is “being tried and is being treated as if
it’s a murder case”.
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