Navy Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Defendant: http://en.wikipedia...._v._Dharun_Ravi Victim: http://en.wikipedia...._Tyler_Clementi The State of New Jersey vs. Dharun Ravi was a criminal trial held in Middlesex County, New Jersey Superior Court from February 24, 2012 to March 16, 2012 in which former Rutgers University undergraduate student Dharun Ravi was tried and convicted of 15 charges including invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, tampering with evidence, witness tampering, and hindering apprehension or prosecution.[1] The charges stemmed from incidents that occurred on September 19 and 21, 2010. In the first incident, Ravi and his friend Molly Wei used a webcam to view a private romantic encounter between Ravi's roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man.[2] In the second incident, Ravi urged friends and Twitter followers to watch via his webcam a second tryst between Clementi and his friend.[3] Clementi committed suicide on September 22, 2010, and his death brought national and international attention to the issue of cyberbullying and the struggles facing LGBT youth.[4][5] Ravi is scheduled to be sentenced on May 21, 2012. Pretty much his roommate set up his webcam in his room, and left and viewed him kissing another man. He did this not only once, but twice, but the second time he set up a live stream and let other people watch it, too. To me, this is pretty personal, because one of my friends had commit suicide for the same reason, but instead of a video, it was a photo. Any opinions on this case? Should he be sentenced? What should he be sentenced to? A lot of people defend saying it was just a harmless joke, and that Clementi took it too seriously. Even though I disagree with that, I can see what someone would say it. But keep in mind he's not being charged with Clementi's death. He got 30 days in jail and probation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashbash Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I definitely think he deserves to be punished in some way. Even if he intended it as a harmless joke, it was something he shouldn't have done and led to something horrible. I'm not sure the sentence he was given is enough. I would've expected him to get more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarria33 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 What did everyone think of his sentence? I thought it was justified. I believe every bully should be punished but alas, in this world we live in, this isn't the case. That is why I think a harder sentence would have been unfair because so many people get away with doing what he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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