In court Wednesday, a judge asks convicted ex-Rutgers student Dharun Ravi if he understands the circumstances surrounding his agreement to report to jail to serve a 30-day sentence after being convicted of bias intimidation and spying, and whether it is his decision to give up his right to remain free pending appeal. To both questions, Ravi says yes.
A former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate has been driven by New Jersey sheriff's officers to jail.
Twenty-year-old Dharun Ravi arrived at the sheriff's department in New Brunswick, N.J., just after 12:30 p.m. to be fingerprinted and photographed.
Shortly after, he was driven to the county jail to serve a 30-day term.
He was dressed in a T-shirt, khakis and canvas sneakers. His father and two attorneys hugged him before leaving the sheriff's department.
Ravi's roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide in September 2010, days after Ravi used a webcam to see him kissing another man.
He could have remained free while prosecutors appeal his sentence, but agreed Wednesday to serve his jail sentence now.
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