Dharun Ravi, a freshman at Rutgers University, used a web cam to spy on his gay roommate’s dorm-room sexual encounters and streamed the video (Shallwani, 2012). A few days later his roommate Tyler Clementi, a talented young musician, committed suicide. These events quickly became the subject of intense national interest and Ravi was charged under New Jersey law with hate crime, invasion of privacy, witness intimidation, and bias intimidation (but not murder).
-The jury in the Ravi case decided that the evidence

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Dharun Ravi, a freshman at Rutgers University, used a web cam to spy on his gay roommate’s dorm-room sexual encounters and streamed the video (Shallwani, 2012).  A few days later his roommate Tyler Clementi, a talented young musician, committed suicide.  These events quickly became the subject of intense national interest and Ravi was charged under New Jersey law with hate crime, invasion of privacy, witness intimidation, and bias intimidation (but not murder).
-The jury in the Ravi case decided that the evidence

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The jury in the Ravi case decided that the evidence elevated the crime, as Ravi was charged with hate crime, invasion of privacy, witness intimidation, and bias intimidation, indicating that the actions were seen as more severe due to the motivations behind them and the impact they had.

Dharun Ravi, a Freshman at Rutgers University, Used a Web