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The family of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi said they have come to believe he killed himself in part because his roommate used a webcam to see him kissing another man.

A former Rutgers University student who was convicted of bias for using a webcam to see his roommate and another man kissing was released from jail Tuesday after serving 20 days of a 30-day sentence.

The lawyers for Dharun Ravi, the ex-Rutgers student convicted in the much-discussed webcam spying case will file an appeal against the judge’s ruling, despite a much-reduced (and much-criticized) greatly reduced sentence.

The former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate reported to jail Thursday as the victim’s parents rejected his written apology as a "public relations piece."

A former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate is poised to start serving his 30-day jail sentence.

After fielding criticism in emails, blogs and newspaper columns, a judge on Wednesday defended his decision to give a 30-day jail sentence to the former Rutgers student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate.