Just before NoonET, the cable news networks carried live, the verdict in the cyberbullying trial of ex-Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi.
A jury convicted Ravi of most of the 15 counts against him, including witness tampering and invasion of privacy. He was found not guilty of bias intimidation. Ravi faces up to 10 years in prison.
Ravi used a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, during intimate moments Clementi was having with another man in September, 2010. On Sept. 22, 18-year-old Clementi committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge.
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NJ.com has a breakdown of the 15 counts and the verdicts.