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The jury has begun deliberating in the trial of Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers student who is accused of committing a hate crime by spying via webcam on his gay roommate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman charged the 15-member jury this morning for about an hour and a half, then three alternates were randomly chosen. Two men and a woman were chosen as alternates, leaving five men and seven women to deliberate.<\/p>\n

Ravi faces 15 counts of bias intimidation, invasion of privacy, and tampering with evidence and a witness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ravi can only be found guilty of the bias intimidation counts \u2014 meaning he targeted his roommate, Tyler Clementi, based on his sexual orientation<\/strong> \u2014 if he is found guilty of the accompanying invasion of privacy charges.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say Ravi, 20, was motivated by a hatred of gays when he turned on his webcam from a friend’s laptop on Sept. 19, 2010 and saw his Rutgers roommate of three weeks kissing a man.<\/strong> He tweeted what he had seen and invited others to watch a second time via twitter.<\/p>\n

Ravi’s lawyers say he was unprepared for what he saw on the webcam, and reacted as any 18-year-old kid inexperienced with homosexuality would. They contend he acted immaturely, but is not prejudiced or biased.<\/p>\n

Ravi is not charged in Clementi’s death, but if convicted of the top bias charges faces up to 10 years in prison.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Should he get max punishment? Sounds a little steep!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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