Split Verdict on Ravi Case

The Jury Has found that Ravi Guilty in some charges and not guilty on others.This is in the Case of the Tyler Clementi suicide jump from the Washington Bridge.

  Split verdict after 11 hours of deliberations:   Ravi faces 10 yrs in jail and deportation

On Count 1, the jury must decide if the defendant is guilty of privacy invasion against both Clementi and M.B. If they find Ravi guilty of privacy invasion, they are to move on to Count 2. If they do not find him guilty of invading privacy, jurors are asked to move on to Count 3, according to the juror’s verdict sheet. GUilty

This count stems from the night of Sept. 19, 2010, when Ravi allegedly viewed Clementi and M.B. “making out” on his friend Molly Wei’s computer.Guilty

On Count 2 for bias intimidation, the jury must decide if the defendant committed the offense of invasion of privacy to intimidate Clementi or M.B. because of their sexual orientation; if he committed the offense knowing the conduct constituting invasion of privacy would cause Clementi or M.B. to be intimidated because of sexual orientation; or if he committed the offense under the circumstance that caused Clementi to be intimidated. Not Guilty

On Count 3, for the invasion of privacy relating to the night of Sept. 21, 2010, the jury must find the defendant guilty or innocent for invading the privacy of Clementi and M.B.,,,NOT GUILTY

If they find Ravi guilty, they must proceed to Count 4, according to the verdict sheet. If not guilty, jurors are instructed to skip proceed to Count 5. NOT GUILTY

On Count 4 for bias intimidation, the jury must decide upon five questions, including whether Ravi is guilty of committing the offense of invasion of privacy with the purpose to intimidate Clementi or M.B. because of their sexual orientation; if he committed the offense knowing the conduct constituting invasion of privacy would cause Clementi or M.B. to be intimidated because of sexual orientation; or if he committed the offense under the circumstance that caused Clementi to be intimidated.

 NOT GUILTY

On Count 5   GUILTY  on the attempted invasion of privacy, the jury must decide if Ravi is guilty for attempting to invade Clementi and M.B.’s privacy. If guilty, jurors are asked to proceed to Count 6. If not guilty, they will proceed to Count 7.  NG

On Count 6, jury must decide if Ravi attempted to commit the offense of invasion of privacy with the purpose to intimidate Clementi or M.B. because of their sexual orientation; if he committed the offense knowing the conduct constituting invasion of privacy would cause Clementi or M.B. to be intimidated because of sexual orientation; or if he committed the offense under the circumstance that caused Clementi to be intimidated.   NOT GUILTY AND …GUILTY/ SPLIT

On Count 7, the jury must decide if Ravi attempted to invade the privacy of Clementi and M.B. If he is found guilty, jurors are asked to proceed to Count 8. If Ravi is found innocent, jurors will proceed to Count 9.  GUILTY

On Count 8 of bias intimidation, the jury must decide if the attempted invasion of privacy on Sept. 21, 2010 was attempted to commit the offense of invasion of privacy with the purpose to intimidate Clementi or M.B. because of their sexual orientation;    NG   if he committed the offense knowing the conduct constituting invasion of privacy would cause Clementi or M.B. to be intimidated because of sexual orientation; or if he committed the offense under the circumstance that caused Clementi to be intimidated.   GUILTY

On Counts 9 and  Guilty     10, the jury must decide if Ravi tampered with physical evidence. Guilty

On Counts 11,  GUILTY      12 and      GUILTY   13,   GUILTY       the jury is to decide whether Ravi is guilty of hindering apprehension or prosecution.

On Count 14, jury must determine if Ravi is guilty of witness tampering. This count refers to Ravi telling Wei to erase incriminating text messages on Sept. 23, 2010. There is also a belief that the defendant caused a witness to testify incorrectly, Judge Glenn Berman said. GUILTY

On Count 15, Ravi is charged with tampering with physical evidence. Ravi allegedly created an article or substance knowing it to be false and misled a public official knowing it was false. This article refers to tweet Ravi issued on Sept. 23, 2010 where he blames his tweet from the previous night on a draft that accidently got published on his Twitter page.   GUILTY

The jury was considering 15 felony charges against Ravi, including invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, witness tampering and hindering prosecution in a case that could set a precedent about the rights of victims.

The most serious were the four bias intimidation charges, which are considered hate crimes and carry a prison sentence of up to 10 years. Ravi could receive a shorter prison sentence even if he is only convicted on lesser charges.

For each of the bias intimidation charges, the jury must decide whether Ravi targeted Clementi or M.B., the unnamed witness with him during the dorm-room dates, “with the purpose to intimidate” because of their sexual orientation, according to the charges. They must also decide if Ravi knew his actions would “cause” intimidation.

Within each of the bias charges, the jury must also decide if Clementi was “intimidated” by Ravi’s actions and “reasonably believed that he was selected to be the target,” according to the charges. Judge Berman has said during court proceedings that the bias intimidation law is largely untested.

The defense won a victory on the interpretation of the bias intimidation law when Judge Berman ruled that a conviction must follow from unanimous agreement on each question under the four counts. “If there is an ambiguity in interpretation, it must tilt towards the defendant,” the judge said.

Ravi, who was born in India but has spent most of his life in the U.S. as a permanent resident, faces the possibility of deportation if he is convicted. He rejected a plea deal in December that would have kept him out of prison and offered him assistance with immigration authorities.

There is Now a Sentence on the Ravi case- click 


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