Wait a sec though-- when discussing Ravi's crime and his future as an American Citizen, there is no way we can conclude that Prison is the best option. I am directing this to all those who are saying he should "rot in prison" and so forth.
Do any of you honestly believe that prison will "correct" this boy to be ready for society? That my friends, is laughable.
I do not care if you believe it was a hate crime or not-- the fact of the matter is we are talking about a college freshmen. Your average 18-year-old brat right out of high school, even if labelled an adult, does not have a proper moral compass yet (this would be half the reason the we aim to recruit soldiers out of that age group). Even if you want to say he's not a kid (and he isn't), this doesn't change the fact that his bigotry towards homosexuals is not the result of a life-long hatred to gays; it has a lot more to do with immature, stupid inability to respect those who are different.
I remember being in college, and those 4 years of my life were critical in developing professionally, academically, philosophically, and developing as a better person. If anything, I strongly remember the years in college doing a lot to make me more accepting and open-minded towards others, including homosexual people. You just meet, get to know, and befriend so many people on a personal level in college! Heck, college was when people were actually coming out and I actually made more openly homosexual friends!
tl;dr: So, you want to take this kid out of the college system and retard his education, take him out of the real world, and lock him up amongst hardened criminals for those 5 critical years of his youth?
And you really think that will "rehabilitate" him for society? Really?
Say what you want about how terrible/serious the invasion of privacy was, and say whatever you want about how terrible Tyler's death was (though Ravi is not at all to be held responsible for this)--
--but don't kid yourself into thinking that prison is what's best for Society, let alone Ravi himself.