Introduction Tyler Clementi was an 18-year-old freshman at Rutgers University who committed suicide by jumping from the George Washington Bridge on September 22, 2010. According to authorities, Clementi's roommate had used a webcam to spy on meetings Clementi's romantic encounters with another man, then used Twitter to invite others to watch a second live broadcast two days later (Pérez-Peña, 2012). Clementi had posted a suicide note on his Facebook page that simply said: “Jumping from the Gw bridge sorry” (Foderaro, 2010). After his death, family and friends turned the page into an online memorial. Family members describe Clementi as determined and shy, with few friends. According to the Wall Street Journal, two days before leaving for college, Clementi "told his mother that he was gay, that he had doubts about the existence of God and that he felt friendless" (Associated Press, 2011). faces a 15-count indictment in connection with the death of Tyler Clementi. A grand jury indicted him on multiple counts of invasion of privacy, hindering apprehension, tampering with witnesses and evidence and two counts of biased intimidation, a hate crime punishable by up to 10 years in state prison. There are no murder charges in connection with Clementi's death. Molly Wei, who joined Ravi in ​​spying on Clementi in his dorm room and with his computer, also faced violations of privacy charges, which prosecutors dropped after she negotiated a plea deal and agreed to testify. against Ravi. Wei described Ravi as “a braggart and habitual liar, who tried to trick the police into thinking the spying was inadvertent” (Pérez-Peña, 2011). Ravi, an Indian citizen living legally in the United States, rejected a plea deal that would have protected...... half of document ......m http://www.bolender.com/Dr. Ron/SOC1023G Social Problems/Unit/Unit 1 Thinking about social problems as a sociologist/Unit 1 Theoretical Perspectives.htmPérez-Peña, R. (2011, August 12). A more complex picture emerges from the Rutgers student suicide. The New York Times. New York. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/nyregion/with-tyler-clementi-suicide-more-complex-picture-emerges.htmlPérez-Peña, R. (2012, February 24). The Rutgers dorm room spying process begins with questions of motivation. The New York Times. New York. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/nyregion/in-tyler-clementi-trial-looking-at-dharun-ravis-intentions.html?_r=2&ref=tylerclementiShallwani, P. (2012 , February 24). Rutgers webcam spying process begins. Wall Street Journal. New Brunswick. Retrieved from http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/02/24/rutgers-webcam-spying-trial-begins/