In Tyler Clementi’s NJ dorm, tensions were high

[William769]

(Trenton, NJ) “What if I catch him with a dude?” Dharun Ravi wondered in jocular web chat about his new, gay freshman-year roommate at Rutgers University. He pondered a computer program to alert him if Tyler Clementi tried to rape him at night.

In his own musings in those first days of dorm life a year ago, Clementi wrote, “I got an azn,” or Asian, for a roommate. His family is “soo Indian/first gen Americanish,” he wrote.

Those snippets of court documents released in recent weeks paint a picture of a relationship that started out tense even before the two met, before Clementi committed suicide and before they became characters in a drama that would stir reaction from celebrities, lawmakers and even the White House.

Ravi, 19, heads to court Friday for a hearing in which his lawyers will ask a judge to throw out the 15-count indictment accusing him of a hate crime, invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence. Authorities say he used a dorm-room webcam to spy on Clementi’s intimate encounter with another man.

http://www.365gay.com/news/in-tyler-clementis-nj-dorm-tensions-were-high/

[William769]

1. UPDATE. Judge won’t dismiss charges in Tyler Clementi case

(New Brunswick, N.J.) A judge in New Jersey won’t dismiss charges against a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate’s intimate encounter with another man.
The judge ruled on Friday that prosecutors provided adequate evidence to a grand jury for 19-year-old Dharun Ravi to be accused of invading his roommate’s privacy, bias intimidation and trying to cover up the alleged crimes.

Roommate Tyler Clementi killed himself by jumping from the George Washington Bridge soon after the incident last September, touching off a national discussion about bullying.

Ravi’s lawyers wanted the 15-count indictment dismissed, saying prosecutors did not offer enough evidence to the grand jury.

http://www.365gay.com/news/judge-wont-dismiss-charges-in-tyler-clementi-case/

[PassingFair]

2. Ravi should do at LEAST 5 years for his gross invasion of privacy.

There has to be enough of a punishment to
discourage others from ruining people's lives.

[joeybee12]

3. Asshole needs to do some serious time...knr