Twitchy told you last week about developments in the tragic Tyler Clementi suicide case at Rutgers University. Clementi had monitored roommate Dharun Ravi’s Twitter account, which Ravi used to update friends about his camera spying activities.
Today, Ravi was convicted on charges of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, and “seven counts of witness tampering and hindering apprehension.” The verdict was mixed. While he escaped conviction on the most serious bias charges, he was found guilty of multiple counts of bias-related privacy invasions and more. Click on the link to see full list of acquittals and convictions.
The New Yorker challenged conventional wisdom about the case here.
A look at the tampering charges:
COUNT 9
4th Degree Tampering with Physical Evidence: GUILTY
(Deleted tweets relevant to police investigation)
COUNT 10
4th Degree Tampering with Physical Evidence: GUILTY
(Wrote and posted a false tweet)
COUNT 11
3rd Degree Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution: GUILTY
(Destroyed evidence relevant to investigation)
COUNT 12
3rd Degree Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution: GUILTY
(Prevented a witness from providing testimony)
COUNT 13
3rd Degree Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution: GUILTY
(Lied to police)
COUNT 14
3rd Degree Witness Tampering: GUILTY
(Tried to influence what Molly Wei told police)
COUNT 15
4th Degree Tampering with Physical Evidence: GUILTY
(Deleted text messages sent to and received from witnesses)
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Twitter news and reax:
https://twitter.com/#!/nydailynews/status/180685156271665152
https://twitter.com/#!/NewYorker/status/180688469385945089
https://twitter.com/#!/RobertKlemko/status/180701060959182848
https://twitter.com/#!/josh_lederman/status/180700760831561729
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