Verdict of Rutgers webcam spying case sends bullies a signal, observers say
SATURDAY MARCH 17, 2012, 12:00 PM
STAFF WRITERS
THE RECORD
Gay rights groups, local prosecutors, Rutgers students and others said Friday the jury got the Dharun Ravi verdict right, calling the decision an important lesson about what constitutes bullying for a new generation raised on technology that can erode privacy in ways never previously imagined.
The jury found Ravi, 20, a former Rutgers University student, guilty of privacy invasion and bias intimidation by setting up a webcam to watch his roommate, Tyler Clementi, kiss another man in their dorm room in September 2010. Clementi committed suicide just days later by jumping off the George Washington Bridge.
“Last night I lost sleep thinking the verdict might have been otherwise,” said Steven Goldstein, CEO and
“Last night I lost sleep thinking the verdict might have been otherwise,” said Steven Goldstein, CEO and