Dharun Ravi, a 20-year-old Indian citizen and former Rutgers student, recently served 20 days in jail for bias intimidation and other offenses after he broadcast via webcam his gay roommate’s sexual encounter with a man.
Some advocates immediately criticized the sentence 30 days, reduced to 20 for good behavior as too light, calling it a slap in the face and arguing that Ravi has not “done enough.” Surprisingly, U.S. immigration authorities then decided not to pursue deportation, sparing Ravi the greater punishment of months or years in immigration jail litigating intricate charges before his deportation to a country he barely knows.
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