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Dharun Ravi, center, listens to a court officer with his attorneys Philip Nettl, left, and Steve Altman. Pic: AP.

Opinion: The question of Dharun Ravi’s apology

By Fri, May 25, 2012 5:10AM UTC View Comments Dharun Ravi, center, listens to a court officer with his attorneys Philip Nettl, left, and Steve Altman. Pic: AP.

There was a telling moment during the sentencing of Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who was convicted of 15 criminal counts in the webcam spying case. That was when Judge Glenn Berman admonished Dharun for not standing when he was being sentenced, and a perplexed Dharun desperately looked at his attorney, who obviously...

The Dharun Ravi case: Law upheld, justice denied?

By Sun, Mar 18, 2012 1:59AM UTC View Comments

Now there are two victims. Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi. The former paid with his life. The latter will pay with his future. With the jury’s guilty verdict in the so-called Rutgers University webcam spying case, Ravi, it appears, has been turned into the proverbial sacrificial lamb for society’s collective guilt about its own bias...

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Philippines: Bloggers mourn AJ Matela, 1982-2011

By Fri, Sep 09, 2011 12:18PM UTC View Comments Philippines: Bloggers mourn AJ Matela, 1982-2011

Many bloggers in the Philippines are in a state of shock and mourning over the passing last night of Ariel James “AJ” Matela, who blogged under the blog name “Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?”. AJ was 28, and would have turned 29 on September 10. Days before he passed away, AJ was fighting hard against “mycobacterium avium...

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