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Parents in Rutgers webcam case choose their public appearances carefully ahead of sentencing

One couple lost their teenage son to suicide in the days after his college roommate used a webcam to see him kiss another man in September 2010; the other fears their son will be sent to prison this week for doing the spying.The parents of Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi, on opposite sides of a tragedy that would horrify any parents, have been in the public eye throughout the criminal case, but they've remained circumspect when choosing their public words about their predicaments and their sons.But both families sat through nearly every minute of Ravi's four-week-long trial this year, where he was convicted in March of 15 criminal charges including invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence. And both appeared in public forums last week just before Ravi is to be sentenced for his deeds. The two most serious counts — bias intimidation — could get him up to 10 years in prison, though prosecutors have said that the maximum penalty is not necessary.A sentence of more than a year would a...

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