Bias crime charges may not added in Rutgers case
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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
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.