Former Rutgers student gets 30-day jail sentence in bias crime case
How can a life be worth so little?
IT ISN'T!
The system has failed.
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A New Jersey judge sentenced a former Rutgers student to 30 days in jail for using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man.
Dharun Ravi, 20, was convicted on two second-degree bias intimidation charges in a case that garnered national headlines because his roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide after the spying.
So bullying inspired by hate gets this person just 30 (BLEEPING) DAYS?!!!
The judge also placed three years of probation. Rave faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The judge spared the prison time and did not recommend Ravi be deported to India, where he was born and remains a citizen. Ravi was also ordered to get counseling and to pay $10,000 towards a program to help victims of bias crimes.
The max was 10 years, but apparently the judge thought so little of Tyler's life that he bent over backwards to protect Dharun Ravi.
Also, Dharun inspired by hate will NOT be deported back to India. No matter a person's view on immigration, I think we could all reasonably agree that a person who driven by hate pushes a person to comitt suicide is NOT a person we need or WANT in the US.
The protesters said that Ravi, an Ultimate Frisbee player and computer whiz, should not have been convicted of hate crimes because he does not hate gay people and that prison is too harsh a punishment for someone who did not mean to hurt anyone, according to the AP.
What a load of CRAP!
His mother, Sabitha Ravi, aimed her words at journalists at the rally, saying that those who covered the trial should speak up against her son being sent to prison. "You were quiet there. Why don't you wake up now and bring some justice for Dharun?" she asked in the AP story.
Yeah, people need to speak up FOR a hateful bigot...GO TO HELL!