Cyberbully Getting Up to 10 Years

tonymontana said:
I just don't get why he didn't take the plea bargain. I know, maybe at heart he thought he didn't deserve to live with a record because of this, but I think in his case...he made a huge mistake.

I know a bit about immigration law, and the fact that he could possibly be sentenced to a lengthy prison term is not going to help his immigration at all. Taking that plea bargain would have been the smartest thing he could have done. Once these "bullying cases" start to get media attention, they almost always end up with the defendant being found guilty.

I believe he was 18 when this happened. While he was technically a legal adult, I think an 18 year old boy is no different than a 16 year old boy (in terms of maturity). Hoped he learned his lesson though. I guess he was just trying to be funny with the whole webcam thing, but was it worth it?
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Because nobody in their right mind would think he was guilty of a hate crime given the evidence.

Turns out the jury were not in their right mind because the fact that he tweeted something like "I dare you to watch this video stream of my roomie getting to first base" was sufficient grounds to prove bias intimidation.

Stupid jury, really. Full of 60 year olds who probably think calling someone a "badass" constitutes harassment.

Defense lawyer should have called a psychologist up to testify about how college-aged kids act.

Oh, how's this for some bullshit:

"The jury appeared to find that Ravi's intentions were not out of hatred or bias," she said. "But the jurors believed Tyler Clementi perceived them as such. . . .
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Ar Scion said:
Because nobody in their right mind would think he was guilty of a hate crime given the evidence.

Turns out the jury were not in their right mind because the fact that he tweeted something like "I dare you to watch this video stream of my roomie getting to first base" was sufficient grounds to prove bias intimidation.

Stupid jury, really. Full of 60 year olds who probably think calling someone a "badass" constitutes harassment.

Defense lawyer should have called a psychologist up to testify about how college-aged kids act.

Oh, how's this for some bullshit:
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This kids attorney really did him a disservice and should be disbarred. The kid shoulda been talked out of going to trial especially with a no jail deal. In the US justice system lady justice often turns a blind eye to real justice and its simply not worth the risk. What kind of jury did this attorney put together one full of old white homophobes? EDIT: wouldnt have been homophobes. He probably assembled a jury full of homosexual's

The defendant did not force him to kill himself. More than likely he had probably been suicidal for a long time. Harboring the guilt of doing unnatural acts tends to do that to a person.
 
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