Lawyers for Dharun Ravi, the accused former Rutgers student in the Tyler Clementi case, argued Monday that his case should be dismissed because prosecutors withheld evidence showing Clementi’s state of mind around the suicide, according to an Associated Press report published on northjersey.com.
Ravi . Clementi committed suicide off the George Washington Bridge a few days later.
Defense attorneys argued that “prosecutors withheld evidence showing Ravi never bullied his roommate,” said the report, the evidence being documents from Clementi’s computer and dorm room.
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Ravi was indicted on 15 counts in April, including invasion of privacy and a bias intimidation charge (a hate crime), and could face five to 10 years in prison.
See northjersey.com for the full report.
