After just seeing the abc news intake of the suicidal death of Tyler Clementi, 18 who jumped off of the gw bridge in New Jersey on September 22, 2010 as a result from his room mate Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei posting his sexual accounter with another male live over the internet, all I can do is shake my head. This story is so sad because classmates of Clementi praised him for being such a wonderful student and a great musician, and now he is gone. This tragic death has stunned the community of New Jersey. Ravi and Wei, the students responsible for posting the video have been charged with invasion of privacy.
Do I think this is fair? Yes, I do. I feel as if they should be charged with invasion of privacy, but not murder and have to serve life in prison. I believe the kids just was thrilled, and wanted to do something that they thought was funny, and turned out not to be so funny. I also feel that the two students should be kicked out of the University because this has brought reproach upon the school's name. If there is another charge that should be brought against them then it should be involuntary manslaughter. Also this incident with the internet may have not been the "push" to make Clementi do this. Something else was probably causing him to do this. I think cyber bullying is a big factor in this incident, and hopefully justice is served even though Clementi's family will never have him back.
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