Deportation a risk in Rutgers webcam trial
AP
Judge Glenn Berman instructs the jury on the law before they begin their deliberations during the trial of Dharun Ravi at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, intimate encounter with another man. Days later Clementi committed suicide. Ravi, 19, faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime punishable by up to 10 years in state prison. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John O'Boyle, Pool)
Judge Glenn Berman instructs the jury on the law before they begin their deliberations during the trial of Dharun Ravi at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, intimate encounter with another man. Days later Clementi committed suicide. Ravi, 19, faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime punishable by up to 10 years in state prison. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John O'Boyle, Pool)
Dharun Ravi waits for the judge to explain the law to the jury before they begin their deliberations during his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, intimate encounter with another man. Days later Clementi committed suicide. Ravi, 19, faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime punishable by up to 10 years in state prison. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John O'Boyle, Pool)
Assistant prosecutor Chris Schellhorn and defense attorney Philip Nettl look through paperwork as Dharun Ravi watches during Ravi's trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, intimate encounter with another man. Days later Clementi committed suicide. Ravi, 19, faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime punishable by up to 10 years in state prison. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John O'Boyle, Pool)
Judge Glenn Berman prepares to answer a question from the jury during the trial of Dharun Ravi at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, intimate encounter with another man. Clementi committed suicide days later. Ravi, 19, faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime punishable by up to 10 years in state prison. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John O'Boyle, Pool)
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (AP) ? A jury is expected to resume deliberations Thursday in the hate-crime trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of webcam spying against his roommate and another man.
They may have more than just the defendant's criminal fate on their hands. If 20-year-old Dharun Ravi is convicted of the most serious charges he could be deported back to his native India.
Prosecutors last year offered Ravi a plea bargain that called for no prison time and help avoiding deportation to India.
But immigration law expert Michael Wildes says the young man's legal team made a decision "to roll the dice."
The case got wide attention when the roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide.
Associated Press
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