There's a lot coming out of the woodwork about his issues in the last couple of years. Seems this wasn't his first grapple with suicide. Point being, he was suicidal before this happened, don't give the roommate five years like it's his fault that this kid couldn't find happiness in eighteen years of life.

But no one is saying they're facing 5yrs for his death....as of right now there are no charges regarding that and probably won't be. They're facing the 5yrs for the invasion of privacy....and rightfully so.

^ Meh, 5 years is too long. Give them a Lindsey Lohan special.. Their lives will already be ruined by the fact that they have a felony on their record. Try getting a decent* job with one of those.

*My definition of decent probably differs from yours. With a felony they will probably get stuck at some ****** <45k a year job for the rest of their life. Unless of course they become a pro athlete or a singer.

P.S. I can't say ******?

Second edit* Apparantly I can't...

They won't get 5yrs...I doubt they'll even see any jail time. I think they should see at least some but we'll see.

I think a lot of people are over looking something simple. Look at the roommates name, Dharun Ravi. Where are this kids parents from? maybe in their country homosexuality is not something that is tolerated. Maybe this kid was raised that its ok to ridicule gays. I'm not justifying it at 18 years old you can decipher right and wrong.

Plainsboro NJ?

I think he meant ethnic background ;)

Being a first generation American, I can say that anyone his age that has been here long enough to speak english, should know better.

even if he was raised in a different country and it wasnt socially acceptable, he is still in america and even then it doesnt give him the right to spy on his roomate like that

Should, and does are two different things

I didn't say it made it right, in fact I specifically said it doesn't.

You're speculating. And way off base.

thats why I said maybe multiple times...

some people are just ignorant....tsar proves this point well in this thread with his meaningless meanderings and rationalizations.

i think this conversation has been sufficiently exhausted.