Dharun Ravi Trial

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  Indian-American's Conviction Reversed, Court Orders New Trial

  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.

• Dharun Ravi was wrong, but don't jail him with rapists: Judge

  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.

• What is hate? Rutgers webcam case rekindles debate

  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.

• Dharun Ravi has already suffered enough: Parents

  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.

• Webcam spying case: Protestors gather to show support for Dharun Ravi

  Several hundred protesters gathered on Monday at the New Jersey State House to show support for a former Rutgers student convicted of bias intimidation and to call attention to what they see as injustices in New Jersey's hate-crime laws.

• Webcam spying case: Clementi's gay partner describes verdict on Ravi as 'just'

  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.

• Webcam spying case: Indian-origin student Dharun Ravi convicted

  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.

• Deportation a risk in Dharun Ravi case

  Jurors deliberating in the hate-crime trial of a former university student accused of webcam spying on his roommate won't be deciding just whether he'll go to prison - they also could indirectly determine whether he's deported to his native India.

• Dharun Ravi's trial ends in the US

  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...

• Webcam spying case: Defendant not testifying in trial

  Jurors in the trial of a former university student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another will not hear directly from the defendant.

• Indian-American student won't testify in webcam spying trial

  Jurors in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another will not hear directly from the defendant.

• US judge refuses to drop charges against Indian-origin student

  A US judge has refused to drop some of the charges including invasion of privacy, against an Indian-origin student, who is on trial for spying on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man.

• Dharun Ravi called roommate's suicide 'crazy'

  Indian American student Dharun Ravi touted in text messages that "people are having a viewing party" to watch the webcam footage of his roommate being intimate with another man, according to court testimony.

• Dharun Ravi trial: Mystery man testifies in webcam spying case in US

  A man who witnesses say was watched via webcam while kissing a Rutgers University student who later committed suicide took the stand on Friday, telling jurors that he noticed the webcam while the two were being intimate.

• Dharun Ravi trial: Friend testifies in webcam spying case

  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.