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Rutgers trial: Ravi won't testify, defense rests

Dharun Ravi, center, walks into the Middlesex County Courthouse with his attorneys

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(CBS/AP) - NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Dharun Ravi, the young man accused of spying on his Rutgers University roommate in 2010,  will not testify in his trial.

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Pro-Ravi witnesses testify in Clementi webcam case

Dharun Ravi (right) and his father Ravi Pazhani (left) enter the courtroom in Middlesex County, N.J., Thursday, March 8, 2012

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(CBS/AP) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Seven men took the stand Friday as character witnesses for former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi, and all said that they never heard Ravi say anything negative about gays - but they also never discussed it with him.

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Defense to call witnesses in Rutgers spycam case

Dharun Ravi during a break in his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

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(CBS/AP) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The first defense witnesses to be presented in the trial of former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi, accused of using a webcam to spy on roommate Tyler Clementi, could be a pair of investigators.

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Prosecution likely to rest in Rutgers spycam trial

Dharun Ravi during a break in his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

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(CBS/AP) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Prosecutors are likely to rest their case Thursday in the trial of Dharun Ravi. He is the man accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate Tyler Clementi's intimate encounter with another man.

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Ravi admitted to cops he invaded Clementi's privacy

Dharun Ravi, accused of bullying his college roommate, Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide, is on trial in Middlesex County, N.J. Superior Court

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(CBS/AP) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - In Dharun Ravi's initial interview with police he admitted that he had invaded roommate Tyler Clementi's privacy by turning his webcam on while Clementi had a guest in the room.  The video of his initial interview was screened in court on Wednesday.

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Ravi text to Clementi: "I've known you were gay"

Dharun Ravi listens to testimony during his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J., Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

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(CBS) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - An attorney for the former Rutgers student accused of spying on his roommate read aloud Wednesday from the final text messages exchanged between Dharun Ravi and his roommate Tyler Clementi.

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More testimony in Rutgers spycam trial

Dharun Ravi listens to testimony during his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J., Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

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(CBS/AP) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - At least one more detective is expected to be called to testify in the trial of former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi. Wednesday will be the ninth day of testimony in the trial.

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Clementi viewed Ravi's tweets before killing self

Tyler Clementi

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(CBS/AP) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Tyler Clementi checked his roommate Dharun Ravi's Twitter feed 38 times in the last 48 hours of his life, and took a screen shot of two messages posted there, according to a detective in the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office.

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Prosecutors to call tech expert in NJ webcam case

Dharun Ravi sits in the courtroom during his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J., Monday, March 5, 2012.

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(CBS/AP) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A Rutgers University computer systems manager is expected to be the next person to testify in the trial of former student Dharun Ravi. He is the man accused of using a webcam to spy on roommate Tyler Clementi's intimate encounter with another man.

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48 Hours's Erin Moriarty on the Dharun Ravi trial

From left to right, Molly Wei, Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi.

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(CBS) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - One of the first things you notice when you look around the New Jersey courtroom where Dharun Ravi is on trial is just how young and out of place he appears. So do most of the witnesses who have testified against him.

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