NJ man convicted of hate crime for posting about a gay man

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A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended consequences in the Internet age.



A jury found Dharun Ravi guilty of all 15 counts against him, deciding that Ravi not only invaded the privacy of Tyler Clementi and another man but also committed bias intimidation — a hate crime — by targeting Clementi because he was gay.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...TM3P7w?docId=7845409d9f334600a932ff636c9ac885

Is this an object lesson for anyone in the JPP community?
 
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A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended consequences in the Internet age.



A jury found Dharun Ravi guilty of all 15 counts against him, deciding that Ravi not only invaded the privacy of Tyler Clementi and another man but also committed bias intimidation — a hate crime — by targeting Clementi because he was gay.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...TM3P7w?docId=7845409d9f334600a932ff636c9ac885

Is this an object lesson for anyone in the JPP community?
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(Excerpt) The most serious charges — two counts of bias intimidation based on sexual orientation — carry up to 10 years in prison each. But legal experts said the most Ravi would probably get all together at sentencing May 21 would be 10 years. The judge could also give him no prison time at all. (End)

The kid is only 18. Sending him to jail would be a travesty of justice.

Lots of community service would be a much better option.
 
apple0154 said:
(Excerpt) The most serious charges — two counts of bias intimidation based on sexual orientation — carry up to 10 years in prison each. But legal experts said the most Ravi would probably get all together at sentencing May 21 would be 10 years. The judge could also give him no prison time at all. (End)

The kid is only 18. Sending him to jail would be a travesty of justice.

Lots of community service would be a much better option.
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And the suicide was a bigger travesty; but he doesn't get to spend time with his family and friends, does he.
 
He wasn't blamed for the suicide, he violated the man's privacy by posting his identity online.

He could go to jail.
 
apple0154 said:
(Excerpt) The most serious charges — two counts of bias intimidation based on sexual orientation — carry up to 10 years in prison each. But legal experts said the most Ravi would probably get all together at sentencing May 21 would be 10 years. The judge could also give him no prison time at all. (End)

The kid is only 18. Sending him to jail would be a travesty of justice.

Lots of community service would be a much better option.
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Finding him guilty of a hate crime is a travesty of justice.
 
bravo said:
Finding him guilty of a hate crime is a travesty of justice.
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How so?

In New Jersey, prosecutors can charge a hate crime if you target someone because they're gay or the victim reasonably believes he was targeted because he's gay.


The jurors were split on whether Ravi specifically targeted Clementi because he was gay, but found that Clementi reasonably believed he was being targeted for being gay, which increased his suffering. That was enough to convict.


The hate crime is the most serious offense and carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison...this felony conviction also means he could be deported to his native India...


http://abcnews.go.com/US/rutgers-trial-legal-explaineer/story?id=15939011#.T2PRHHmyGSo
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
And the suicide was a bigger travesty; but he doesn't get to spend time with his family and friends, does he.
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No, he doesn't but it was his own conscious that lead to that. Was there something in his upbringing that would have caused him to feel so ashamed?
 
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No, he doesn't but it was his own conscious that lead to that. Was there something in his upbringing that would have caused him to feel so ashamed?
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So the person who committed suicide was at fault and the other person is the victim.
GAWD, you are one fucked up person.
 
Just so people know. When I use fag I mean fanny pack wearing cigarette smoking ex navy deck mopper or faux Buddhist not homosexual.
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
So the person who committed suicide was at fault and the other person is the victim.
GAWD, you are one fucked up person.
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There was no fault. People are so quick to place blame. If a person is fired from their job and commits suicide is it the employer's fault?

Who would conduct themselves in such a fashion that should they be found out they would kill themselves? But more important is how or why the boy felt that way?

I'm always reminded of the girl who delivered a baby in a school bathroom while at her prom. When questioned why she never told anyone she was pregnant she said she couldn't hurt her father! Imagine how that poor girl was brought up. Imagine the guilt she lived for months while pregnant not to mention the guilt she will bear for the rest of her life.

Did that boy grow up in a similar circumstance? Why did he feel such shame? Those are the questions that need answers so something like this doesn't happen again because with the all the cameras in today's world it will happen again. No doubt more covert but it will happen again. And other circumstances will arise. Maybe one of the people making out will record it.

More than one guy has recorded his making out sessions with his girlfriend. It's inevitable it's going to happen to gays.
 
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