Dharun Ravi Gay Roommate

A former Indian student of a US public research university, whose gay room-mate killed himself in 2010 after being captured in a sexual act on webcam, has pleaded guilty to attempted invasion of privacy.

India-born student Dharun Ravi, who had served a 20-day prison term for spying on his gay roommate who later committed suicide, won a major legal reprieve after a New Jersey appeals court threw out his conviction and ordered a new trial.

An Indian-origin former student, convicted for spying on his gay roommate who then committed suicide, could see his conviction for bias intimidation reversed after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the state's law in this regard was unconstitutional.

US immigration officials will not seek the deportation of Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who was convicted earlier this year of bias crimes for spying by webcam on his gay roommate's encounter with another man, a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman said on Monday.

The Indian-born former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate reported to jail Thursday as the victim's parents rejected his written apology as a "public relations piece" and said the judge missed an opportunity to highlight the seriousness of bias crimes.

Dharun Ravi, an Indian-born student convicted on May 21 of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, is now in a New Jersey jail serving a 30-day sentence. His roommate, Mr Tyler Clementi, committed suicide at Rugters University in New Jersey in September 2010, days after Mr Ravi used a webcam to film him in an intimate encounter with another man,...

Dharun Ravi, an Indian-born student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, has been driven by New Jersey sheriff's officers to jail.

Dharun Ravi, an Indian American student convicted of spying on his gay roommate with his webcam doesn't deserve to be locked up with "rapists and murderers", a New Jersey judge said on Wednesday.

A week before Dharun Ravi was sentenced to jail for using a webcam to spy on a gay college roommate who later killed himself, supporters rallied behind him, arguing that New Jersey laws should be changed so that someone in his situation could not be found guilty of a hate crime.

The distraught parents of Dharun Ravi who was sentenced for a month in prison for spying on his gay roommate, said that he has suffered "enough" while the mother of his roommate who committed suicide said that her family has never heard an apology from Dharun Ravi.

With Indian-origin student Dharun Ravi convicted in the webcam spying case, the family of his Rutgers roommate Tyler Clementi, who had committed suicide, say the case brought pain to many people and should serve as an example that others should be treated with respect.

A former Rutgers University student convicted on 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 former US university student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate is a kid, not a criminal, his lawyer said in closing arguments Tuesday. Steven Altman said the Indian-born Dharun Ravi was surprised to turn on his webcam and see his Rutgers University roommate in an intimate situation with another man. Altman emphasized that there was...

A friend of Indian American student Dharun Ravi, charged with spying on his gay roommate, has testified that she received text messages from Ravi while she was questioned by police about the alleged act.

The trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate liaison with another man opened on Friday with questions about whether the defendant had a problem with gay people.

A former Indian student of a US public research university, whose gay room-mate killed himself in 2010 after being captured in a sexual act on webcam, has pleaded guilty to attempted invasion of privacy.

India-born student Dharun Ravi, who had served a 20-day prison term for spying on his gay roommate who later committed suicide, won a major legal reprieve after a New Jersey appeals court threw out his conviction and ordered a new trial.

An Indian-origin former student, convicted for spying on his gay roommate who then committed suicide, could see his conviction for bias intimidation reversed after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the state's law in this regard was unconstitutional.

US immigration officials will not seek the deportation of Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who was convicted earlier this year of bias crimes for spying by webcam on his gay roommate's encounter with another man, a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman said on Monday.

The Indian-born former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate reported to jail Thursday as the victim's parents rejected his written apology as a "public relations piece" and said the judge missed an opportunity to highlight the seriousness of bias crimes.

Dharun Ravi, an Indian-born student convicted on May 21 of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, is now in a New Jersey jail serving a 30-day sentence. His roommate, Mr Tyler Clementi, committed suicide at Rugters University in New Jersey in September 2010, days after Mr Ravi used a webcam to film him in an intimate encounter with another man,...

Dharun Ravi, an Indian-born student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, has been driven by New Jersey sheriff's officers to jail.

Dharun Ravi, an Indian American student convicted of spying on his gay roommate with his webcam doesn't deserve to be locked up with "rapists and murderers", a New Jersey judge said on Wednesday.

A week before Dharun Ravi was sentenced to jail for using a webcam to spy on a gay college roommate who later killed himself, supporters rallied behind him, arguing that New Jersey laws should be changed so that someone in his situation could not be found guilty of a hate crime.

The distraught parents of Dharun Ravi who was sentenced for a month in prison for spying on his gay roommate, said that he has suffered "enough" while the mother of his roommate who committed suicide said that her family has never heard an apology from Dharun Ravi.

With Indian-origin student Dharun Ravi convicted in the webcam spying case, the family of his Rutgers roommate Tyler Clementi, who had committed suicide, say the case brought pain to many people and should serve as an example that others should be treated with respect.

A former Rutgers University student convicted on 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 former US university student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate is a kid, not a criminal, his lawyer said in closing arguments Tuesday. Steven Altman said the Indian-born Dharun Ravi was surprised to turn on his webcam and see his Rutgers University roommate in an intimate situation with another man. Altman emphasized that there was...

A friend of Indian American student Dharun Ravi, charged with spying on his gay roommate, has testified that she received text messages from Ravi while she was questioned by police about the alleged act.

The trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate liaison with another man opened on Friday with questions about whether the defendant had a problem with gay people.