The deal was too sweet, in my opinion.

The Middlesex County prosecutor’s office offered Ravi no prison time but included community service, probation and counseling as terms of the plea-bargain agreement, the judge said. The state also agreed to help the young man fight any deportation orders since he is in the U.S. legally but is an Indian citizen.

It worries me that the prosecutors are willing to offer such a sweet deal, I wonder if they think they have a weak case, or whether they’re feeling sorry for the defendant.

You remember the story. From the NY Daily News:

A Rutgers University freshman killed himself after two classmates used a hidden dorm room camera to splash his sex life across the internet, sources told the Daily News. A distraught Tyler Clementi, 18, left his wallet on the George Washington Bridge before plunging to his death in the Hudson River last Wednesday, sources said. A Twitter post from one of the students accused of streaming the sexual encounter live on the internet indicated Clementi, a renowned high school violinist, was with another man. “Roommate asked for the room till midnight,” read the post from Dharun Ravi, 18. “I went into Molly’s room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay.” The Twitter post went up Sept. 19 – three days before Clementi’s suicide.

Tyler’s parents report that when he showed up at school his first day, the roommate wouldn’t even look at him.

Deport him.