Ex-Rutgers student leaves jail after term for bias crime

NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) – The former Rutgers University student convicted in March of bias crimes for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate’s encounter with another man left a New Jersey jail on Tuesday after serving 20 days of a 30-day sentence.

Dharun Ravi, 20, left the Middlesex County jail shortly after 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT) accompanied by his attorney, according to a Reuters photographer at the scene.

Ravi served 20 days of a 30-day sentence imposed by Judge Glenn Berman, receiving a 10-day credit for good behavior.

Ravi began his jail term on May 31 after being convicted in March of bias crimes for using a computer-mounted webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, 18, and an older man he met online in their dorm room.

Days after learning that Ravi had snooped on him and then used social media to urge others to watch too, Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010.

On Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said they would not seek to deport Ravi, an Indian citizen who has lived most of his life in the United States. (Writing by Dan Burnsg; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

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