Judges to hear arguments in Rutgers webcam spy case appeal
FEBRUARY 3, 2016, 7:50 AM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2016, 7:51 AM
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey appeals court is set to hear arguments in the case of a former Rutgers University student convicted of spying on a roommate who later committed suicide.
Dharun Ravi in court in May.
Dharun Ravi was convicted in 2012 of bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and other crimes. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Ravi secretly broadcast images online of roommate Tyler Clementi in an intimate encounter with another man. Clementi later jumped off the George Washington Bridge.
Can’t say anything in our politically correct world.
Here’s something to mull over.
Imagine that he had not committed suicide. Imagine that he simply complained about the invasion of his privacy. No try to think based upon those facts alone, how much of a punishment you would consider appropriate for the offenders? I imagine that if you are being honest and can somehow block out the suicide, even the most sensitive among you would probably not call for much more than college expulsion. The fact that Clemente took it upon himself to take his own life in the most dramatic of circumstances really has no bearing upon how this case and its punishment should be viewed.
Here’s something to mull over.
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Imagine if he was not gay and the roommate secretly broadcast images online of him in an intimate encounter with a 35 year old woman.
Imagine if he was female and the roommate secretly broadcast images online of him (her) in an intimate encounter with a 35 year old man.
Imagine if he was female and the roommate secretly broadcast images online of him (her) in an intimate encounter with a 35 year old woman.
Would the punishment be the same?
Would the Today show even mention it?
Would special funds and honorariums be established?
Would Ridgewood hold special events and tributes?
If so – under which of the above circumstances?
Welcome to today’s version of equality.
Why did Clemente go from Rutgers right past his family’s home and to the GWB?
If a 35 year old male predator took advantage of an 18 year old girl, would the girl’s female roommate get the same treatment for invading her privacy?
Well put, 10:41 and 12:55! Ravi was railroaded, punished by an out-of-control PC posse. An unconstitutional law was applied against him, and wrongly applied at that. Sikhs in America jusifiably took great offense at his treatment. Not that many of us were aware of this, as they tend to bear injustices silently. This commenter only knows it because a Sikh co-worker admitted the grievance when politely asked.
12:41 Wow, hate much???
wow 6:54.