New York: US immigration officials will not seek to deport the former Rutgers University student who was convicted in March of bias crimes for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's encounter with another man, a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman said on Monday.
The decision likely means that Dharun Ravi, 20, will be allowed to continue living in the United States after he is released from jail, which was expected to occur on Tuesday.
Ravi is an Indian citizen who has lived most of his life in the United States.
He was convicted of bias crimes for using a computer-mounted webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, 18, and an older man he met online in their dorm room. Days after learning that Ravi had snooped on him and then used social media to urge others to watch too, Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010....
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03:23 AM, Jun 19, 2012
Trenton: An Indian-born former Rutgers University student criticised by a judge for refusing to apologise for using a webcam to spy on his male roommate kissing another man days before the roommate killed himself apologised on Tuesday and said he has accepted responsibility for what he did. Dharun Ravi, 20, also said he will begin serving a 30-day jail term on Thursday even though he doesn't have to. Through a...
09:48 AM, May 30, 2012
New York: India-born Dharun Ravi, convicted of hate crime for spying on his gay roommate and sentenced to 30 days in jail, could end up spending only 20 days behind bars due to prison regulations in New Jersey that give credit to inmates for good behaviour. Ravi, 20, was to begin his prison term on May 31, after being sentenced earlier this week by Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman to...
03:20 PM, May 25, 2012
New York: Indian student Dharun Ravi was on Monday sentenced to 30 days in jail by a New Jersey judge on hate crime charges for using a webcam to spy on a homosexual roommate who later committed suicide. Judge Glenn Berman pronounced the sentence against the 20-year-old former Rutgers University student for bias intimidation and invasion of privacy charges for the 2010 episode involving his roommate Tyler Clementi. Ravi had...
11:02 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: A US court has convicted Indian-born Dharun Ravi for all 15 charges against him - including anti-gay hate crime and privacy invasion. The Former Rutgers University student was charged with spying on, recording his roommate Tyler Clementi's homosexual activities with a webcam. The incident took place in September 2010 -- soon after which Tyler committed suicide. 20-year-old Ravi faces around 10 years in prison for the 'hate crime'....
07:34 AM, Mar 17, 2012
New Brunswick, New Jersey: 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, now 20, is accused of viewing a few seconds of his Rutgers University roommate's encounter with another man in their dorm room and telling...
08:49 AM, Mar 16, 2012
