Dharun Ravi, who’s currently serving a 30-day sentence after being
convicted of bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and other charges
for spying on his roommate, Tyler Clementi at Rutgers University during a
same-sex sexual encounter, has filed notice that he is appealing his
conviction.
According to The Star-Ledger,
“The notice, filed June 4 with the appellate court, lists the proposed
issues to be raised, including that the bias intimidation statute is
unconstitutional as applied to Ravi and that several decisions by
Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman, who presided over the trial earlier
this year, ‘prejudiced the defendant’s ability to get a fair trial.’ The appeal process could take upwards of two years before a three-judge panel hears the appeal.”
Ravi will most likely be released from county jail sometime next
week. According to Warden Edmond Cicchi of the county jail, inmates are
automatically awarded 10 days for good behavior. Ravi began his sentence
May 31.
Middlesex County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia McClure,has filed
her own appeal against Judge Berman’s sentence; she had initially
requested that Ravi be sentenced to five years in prison.