What was ravi convicted of

Ravi then told others about it in texts and tweets. A few nights later, Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge. The judges wrote that :. The social environment that transformed a private act of sexual intimacy into a grotesque voyeuristic spectacle must be unequivocally condemned in the strongest possible way. The fact that this occurred in a university dormitory, housing first-year college students, only exacerbates our collective sense of disbelief and disorientation.

All of the young men and women who had any association with this tragedy must pause to reflect and assess whether this experience has cast an indelible moral shadow on their character. The appeals court, however, criticized what Ravi had done. All of the young men and women who had any association with this tragedy must pause to reflect and assess whether this experience has cast an indelible moral shadow on their character.

Gay rights advocates held up Clementi an example of the consequences of bullying. Ravi's supporters say Ravi was not a bully at all, but a college student who made a bad decision — and that the charges were so serious only because of Clementi's suicide — even though Ravi was not charged with his death. The mood on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus on Friday was one of moving forward.

Although one student, who wished to remain anonymous, said cases involving college students should be dealt with leniently because of their youth, others preferred not to dwell in the past. She spoke about the programs available to students, including Rutgers CAPS, which offers counseling, alcohol and other drug assistance programs and psychiatric services. Rutgers has a long history of supporting LGBTQ students, dating to the founding of the Homophile League in , one of the oldest gay student groups in the country, according to university spokesperson Greg Trevor.

Contributing: Staff Writer Susan Loyer. Facebook Twitter Email. Clementi's death sparked a national debate over cyber bullying and discrimination against gays and lesbians. Ravi, who faced up to 10 years in prison, will be sentenced to the time he has already served on the charges, which was 30 days, allowing him to avoid further prison time for the third-degree offence.

Neither Ravi's attorney nor a representative for the Clementi family could immediately be reached for comment. Last year, the state's Supreme Court struck down part of the law under which Ravi was charged as unconstitutionally vague.

That led a New Jersey appeals court in September to throw out Ravi's conviction. Prosecutors had conceded that Ravi's guilty verdict on those counts should be vacated but argued that his conviction for other crimes, including invasion of privacy and witness tampering, should stand.