<p>I get that Ravi was not charged in Tyler’s death. They had no grounds. Instead they went after secondary charges in order to prosecute. There should have been disciplinary action handled by Rutgers, not a case prosecuted by the state.</p>
<p>As far as the suicide note, if Clementi explicitly said that Ravi’s actions caused him to kill himself, I am sure they would have used it as evidence. Instead, the contents of the note were never divulged. I am not surprised that the jury found Ravi guilty of all the charges. How could they separate Clementi’s suicide and the events leading up to it? Especially where Ravi was involved.</p>
<p>When this story first broke, I also believed that Ravi was an evil kid who deserved harsh punishment. But after reading a little more about it, it is clear that it was a feeding frenzy by the media. The timing of events did Ravi no favors. The day of Clementi’s suicide was also the launch of the “It Gets Better” campaign. There was a mob mentality where the public wanted to make Ravi the face of bullying.</p>