Former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, arrives for the opening arguments at his trial in New Brunswick, N.J., Friday, Feb. 24, 2012.
On Monday, May 21, Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail after being convicted in March of charges stemming from his recording of an intimate encounter between his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man, identified only as "M.B."
The case spurred a national conversation about how young gays are treated when news of it broke in September 2010 after Clementi committed suicide.
Former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, center, arrives for the opening arguments at his trial in New Brunswick, N.J., Friday, Feb. 24, 2012.
Former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, arrives for the opening arguments at his trial in New Brunswick, N.J., Friday, Feb. 24, 2012.
Former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, arrives in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman for his trial on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 in New Brunswick, N.J.
A detail of the text message with Austin Chung, Molly Wei and former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, is presented during Ravi's trial on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 in New Brunswick, N.J.
Alvin Artha, a friend of former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, speaks in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 in New Brunswick, N.J.
Defense attorney Steven Altman goes over testimony with Cassandra Cicco, the roommate of Molly Wei, a friend of former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 in New Brunswick, N.J.
Middlesex County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia McClure shows a campus map to Scott Xu, a friend of former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 in New Brunswick, N.J.
Former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, waits in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman for his trial on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 in New Brunswick, N.J.
Defense attorney Steven Altman listens to opening statements in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman for the trial of former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 in New Brunswick, N.J.