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Ex-student gets 30 days in Rutgers gay bias case

Roommate’s suicide followed webcam incident

By Geoff Mulvihill

 |  Associated Press  

  May 22, 2012

A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail - just a fraction of the maximum - in a case that focused attention on antigay bullying, teen suicide and hate-crime laws in the fast-changing Internet age. Dharun Ravi, 20, was also placed on three years’ probation for his part in an episode that burst onto the front pages after his roommate, Tyler Clementi, threw himself to his death off the George Washington Bridge.

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