Judges order new trial in Tyler Clementi case after conviction thrown out
Source: Associated Press
A new trial was ordered on Friday for a former Rutgers University student whose roommate killed himself after being captured on a webcam kissing another man, with a New Jersey appeals court throwing out his 15-count conviction.
The three-judge panel dismissed four bias intimidation counts against Dharun Ravi because of a change in state law since Ravi’s 2012 trial after the death of Tyler Clementi, who jumped off the George Washington Bridge.
The judges ordered a new trial on other counts including invasion of privacy, tampering with evidence and hindering apprehension because, they wrote, the evidence prosecutors used to prove the bias charges “tainted the jury’s verdict on the remaining charges, depriving defendant of his constitutional right to a fair trial”.
Ravi faced up to 10 years in prison but was sentenced to 30 days in county jail plus three years’ probation and community service. He ended up serving 20 days.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/09/tyler-clementi-roommate-new-trial-dharun-ravi
Associated Press
Friday 9 September 2016 23.04 BST
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He is gay friendly! He wasn't being hateful. 
So cruel what he did.
