<p>Let’s assume that you have a child in college who has a roommate. Let’s assume that room mate uses a webcam to spy on your child having sex and encourages others to join the fun. The roommate should only be sentenced to 30 days in jail?</p>
<p>In the scenario you just outlined I would encourage my kid to switch roommates.</p>
<p>I reread my previous post and want to explain by “lily white people” I was thinking of people who have a less than perfect record - perhaps prior convictions and such. </p>
<p>I don’t know if visible minorities have a harder time getting justice. </p>
<p>Garland’s link reminded me of another case: Two men sought out and beat a man to death with a baseball bat, and served no jail time, were given three years probation, fined $3,000 and ordered to pay $780 in court costs. The judge Charles Kaufman declared " said, "These weren’t the kind of men you send to jail… "</p>
<p>[Death</a> of Vincent Chin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Vincent_Chin]Death”>Killing of Vincent Chin - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>RAzor–read the details of the actual case–not what the papers said to start iwth.</p>
<p>Far too light of a sentence.</p>
<p>Garland, even if the case was solely based on obstruction of justice, witness tampering ,destruction of evidence, seems like 30 days might be a tad light…throw in the fact of the webcam,the fact he told many others of his plan,and fact he turned the webcam on to view his roomate’s intimate moments, this guy got off light…i am not even saying he directly or indirectly caused Clementi’s death</p>
<p>He wasn’t actually found guilty. He got 30 days for tampering with evidence, but they ruled he had nothing to do with the suicide.</p>
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<p>He was found guilty of 15 charges including invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, tampering with evidence, and witness tampering.</p>
<p>Qdogpa, I’m going to guess here that the judge, like many others in the past months, realized that the whole case had been overdone at the start, including those charges, to feed public opinion.</p>
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<p>Correct. So he’s going to serve two days for each conviction. If it weren’t so maddening, it would be funny.</p>
<p>He is also getting 3 years of probation and a $h!tload of community service.</p>
<p>Even if one considers him not responsible for the death, 30 days seems awfully light to me. 6 months seems more appropriate. And of course, he is liable for deportation.</p>
<p>Those who think that the facts of the case were misrepresented…could you point me to a source for the “real” story?</p>
<p>[Tyler</a> Clementi’s Suicide and Dharun Ravi’s Trial : The New Yorker](<a href=“http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/02/06/120206fa_fact_parker]Tyler”>http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/02/06/120206fa_fact_parker)</p>
<p>the Newark Star-Ledger had a number of good articles also.</p>
<p>And of course, the whole story that he’d broadcast it over the Internet was widespread and though quickly discredited, many people still believe if for some reason.</p>
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<p>You should not catch flak for having the right appraisal of this case. Unfortunaly, there is little doubt that biased zealots will seize the opportunity. </p>
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<p>Public opinion AND a very vocal group with a vested interest in such cases. The tragedy unfolded the day the DA sought to build a highly publicized case. A case that should never have seen the inside of a criminal court. </p>
<p>At least the judge seemed to have understood the gross imbalance between the actions and the guilty verdict. This was a parody of justice, and a testament to what poorly written laws might become in the hands of aggressive prosecutors and dumb jurors. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, the sentence imposed by ICE will be far different, as the judges will simply have to go by the … book!</p>
<p>If this college had an Honor code, this roommate would have been expelled.</p>
<p>Sorry, bit 30days feels too light.</p>
<p>So, do you think that the son will be deported, and the rest of the family will go with him? I doubt it. He may be deported, but the rest of them will stay here.</p>
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<p>Perhaps, and perhaps this college might have taken the issue of restricting the access to the students’ dorms to individuals without proper credentials a bit more seriously.</p>
<p>I am amused to see the reactions in Ravi’s case and in Zimmerman’s case.</p>
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<p>Gee, I can’t imagine what group Xiggi is referring to. He’s always so subtle, with such a delicate touch!</p>
<p>It seems those who feel the sentence isn’t too light are forgetting two things:</p>
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<li><p>Using webcams or other surveillance tools in areas without consent or knowledge of others in areas where they have reasonable expectations of privacy…like their own dorm room is a crime in New Jersey. </p></li>
<li><p>Are people becoming so desensitized to the wrongness of violating the privacy of others in areas where they have reasonable expectation of such…like their dorm rooms. Would 30 days be adequate for someone who placed video cameras in someone’s bedrooms or bathroom stalls…even on company property?* Would YOU be ok with a roommate or neighbor placing video cameras in your showers, bedrooms, etc? </p></li>
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<li>Unless privacy has become less important in the last 10 years…doing so is illegal and has gotten individuals and corporations sued and/or jailed for far longer terms…and rightfully so IMHO.</li>
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