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Bias crime charges may not added in Rutgers case... | crime courts, crime courts news, state, other state news from NorthJersey.com

Bias crime charges may not added in Rutgers case... | crime courts, crime courts news, state, other state news from NorthJersey.com
Bias crime charges may not added in Rutgers case
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
THE RECORD
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW BRUNSWICK — Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan says there may not be enough evidence to upgrade charges against two Rutgers University students accused of secretly taping another student's gay sexual encounter.

Moment of silence at Rutgers Photo Credit: Joe Camporeale
Moment of silence at Rutgers Photo Credit: Joe Camporeale

Prosecutors say 18-year-old freshman Tyler Clementi's roommate and another student used a webcam to broadcast live images of Clementi during the intimate encounter in his dorm room.

Clementi, a promising violinist, jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River three days later.