A jury convicted an ex-Rutgers student on hate crime counts and invasion of privacy involving the use of a webcam to spy on a gay roommate, the Associated Press reports.

Update at 1:25 p.m. ET: Rutgers issued this statement following the verdict:

This tragedy, which will forever affect the lives of the families involved, deeply touched the Rutgers community and the world. Freedom of expression, tolerance, the right to personal privacy and the open discussion of ideas are integral parts of any university community. This sad incident should make us all pause to recognize the importance of civility and mutual respect in the way we live, work and communicate with others.

Update at 12:47 p.m. ET: Alesha Williams Boyd, reporter for the Asbury Park Press, has been gathering some reaction from Rutgers students to the verdict. Carlos Lara, 21, a computer science major at Rutgers University who is gay, says he thinks what Ravi did was "very immature" but not necessarily worthy of a jail sentence. "I don't think he wanted to kill (Tyler Clementi). What occurred really was the straw that broke the camel's back," Lara says. "He should get fined or get community service, have to help out the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) community."

Walter Fortson, 26, a junior at Rutgers, calls the webcam spying a prank that went too far but says it does not warrant jail time. "It's been made to seem like a hate crime, but as far as the facts go, it didn't seem like that," Fortson says. "There's been a surge in LGBT activism, and his personal crime couldn't have happened at a worse time. … If he is homophobic or whatever the claims are, going to prison isn't going to make him any less homophobic."

Update at 12:27 p.m. ET: Here's how the Associated Press describes the jury's findings:

The jury found Ravi not guilty on some subparts of some of the charges, but guilty of all 15 counts as a whole. The most serious charges against Ravi — bias intimidation based on sexual orientation, a hate crime — carry up to 10 years in prison each. Legal experts said the most Ravi would probably get all together at sentencing May 21 would be 10 years.

Update at 12:23 p.m. ET: The Courier-News, sorting through the complicated verdict, reports that jurors found Ravi guilty of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, attempted invasion of privacy, tampering with physical evidence, hindering apprehension or prosecution, witness tampering and tampering with physical evidence.

Update at 12:20 p.m. ET: The bias intimidation conviction, in addition to the invasion of privacy, made the verdict "a clean sweep in favor of the prosecution," said Paul Callan, a legal analyst for CNN.

He predicted the impact will be felt nationwide. "This is really going to change, I think, the way people think about social media, particularly what young people think of as the norm as far as posting everything."

Update at 12:06 p.m. ET: Ravi could face 10 years in prison because of the conviction on some of the bias intimidation counts, CNN reports.

Ravi had been charged with four counts of bias intimidation as a hate crime, two counts of invasion of privacy, two counts of attempted invasion of privacy and six counts of witness tampering and hindering apprehension.

He was found not guilty on some of the bias intimidation counts, but guilty on others.

Update at 12:01 p.m. ET: Dharun Ravi, 20, shook his head slightly after the guilty verdicts were read for all 15 counts, including bias intimidation, a hate crime, and invasion of privacy.

Ravi could be sentenced to prison and could be deported to his native India, even though he has lived legally in the USA for years.

Ravi's lawyer had argued that the college freshman was not motivated by any malice toward gays — a necessary element to prove a hate crime — and that his actions were just those of an immature "kid."

Update at 11:38 a.m. ET: The (Newark) Star-Ledger reports that the jury, after 12 hours of deliberating over two-and-a-half days, will deliver its decision shortly.

Original posting: Indian-born Dharun Ravi was being tried on 15 criminal counts, including bias intimidation and invasion of privacy, for allegedly setting up his webcam to watch his roommate kissing another man in the dorm room in September 2010.

Prosecutors charged that Ravi tweeted what he had seen and on a second occasion a few days later, invited others to watch via twitter.

The roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide in September 2010, days after the alleged spying.

A conviction on the most serious, bias intimidation, could lead to a 10-year prison sentence for Ravi. He also faces possible deportation to India.

There's no dispute that Ravi saw a snippet of live-streamed video of his roommate and another man.

At issue was whether Ravi violated Clementi's privacy and whether he did it out of bias against gays.