Dharun Ravi gets an Early Release

Dharun Ravi was released earlier today from jail. He got ten days knocked off for good behavior. Personally, I feel like this went too fast. Is there anything else he can do to serve time?

Dharun Ravi Appeals Hate Crime Conviction

Really?

Dharun wants to appeal his convictions and pretty much everything else involving the case.

Ravi’s attorney, Steven Altman, filed a notice with the appellate court, outlining his intention of appealing the convictions for bias intimidation, invasion of privacy, hindering his own apprehension and tampering with evidence for training a webcam on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, in September 2010.

The notice lists the proposed issues to be raised on appeal, including that the bias intimidation statute is unconstitutional as applied to Ravi and that several decisions by Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman, who presided over the trial earlier this year, "prejudiced the defendant’s ability to get a fair trial."

The notice begins the process of the appeal which could take upwards of two years before a three-judge panel obtains the necessary briefs detailing the arguments by both sides. 

I hope the appeal fails.

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Dharun Ravi Sentenced for 30 days in Jail - WATCH

Friends of Dharun Ravi begs the court for Probation, instead of Jail Time

Dharun Ravi's friends are trying 'save' him by writing letters of support to prove he is not homophobic or a bad person. They hope to move him from jail time to probation.

HuffPo reports:

"He loved to joke around with people, though his humor could sometimes be classified as sarcastic," wrote Mohini Singali in a letter included in court filings by Ravi's attorneys on Friday asking a judge to sentence him to probation rather than prison. "Not many people were a fan of this, but that is who Dharun was. Never did he have any intentions to injure anyone."
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Sentencing is scheduled for May 21. The most serious charges each carry a maximum sentence of five to 10 years. As an Indian citizen raised in New Jersey, Ravi may be deported after serving his sentence. If probation is granted, deportation would be less likely, Ravi's lawyers wrote. 

Ravi spied on his roommate, Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, 18, with a webcam, watched with another student, then tweeted about it. Clementi leaped to his death from the George Washington Bridge days later.

The letters, many from high school classmates, are part of the ongoing defense campaign to characterize Ravi's actions as a bad prank gone awry. In Friday's filing, defense lawyers portray Ravi as an ostracized young man who withered under the blazing glare of the news media. 

Wow, ostracized?