Poll: How Should Dharun Ravi be Sentenced?

Update at 1:25 p.m. Monday:

Judge Glenn Berman sentenced Ravi to 30 days in jail. He'll serve three years or probation and perform 300 hours of community service. Additionally, he'll have to complete a cyberbullying and alternate lifestyles program and also pay $10,000 in probationary charges. Prosecutors plan on appealing the judgment. Ravi could have served 10 years in prison and was convicted on 15 felony charges in March.

A state judge on Monday will determine the punishment for Dharun Ravi, the 20-year-old former Rutgers student who was .

Ravi, who was found guilty by a jury in March of 15 charges, could face up to 10 years in prison and deportation.

Middlesex County prosecutors are pushing for the native of India to serve prison time, arguing the Ultimate Frisbee player and computer whiz has shown no remorse for his actions. The prosecutors have not stipulated how much time Ravi should serve.

In contrast, Ravi's attorneys have argued in court the Plainsboro man acted foolishly but not criminally. They're , arguing the state's hate crime laws were misapplied in the case.

Supporters of Ravi marched on the streets of Trenton last week, claiming Ravi has been made a scapegoat and was denied justice.

At the sentencing hearing on Monday, Ravi's attorneys criticized Judge Glenn Berman, stating the jury could not possibly have overcome the suicide of Tyler Clementi. Ravi has not been charged in connection to Clementi's death.

Some media columnists and even gay rights activists have in recent weeks said Ravi serving prison would be the wrong outcome.

“It’s wrong to send Ravi to prison for two reasons,” wrote Jim McGreevey, a former New Jersey governor who is gay, in a recent Star-Ledger Op-Ed.

“1) Prisons don’t work and won’t cure Ravi of any bias against the LGBT community, and 2) Ravi isn’t the only one to blame; and America, particularly the gay community, ought to be a force for transcendent change, not merely eye-for-an-eye punishment.”

"Judges must have the ability to do what’s right," wrote The Star-Ledger's editorial board. "And the right thing here is not to send Ravi to state prison, a holding pen for violent and dangerous criminals. What he did was beyond mean — but certainly not monstrous."

Tyler Clementi's parents previously said they are not seeking a harsh penalty for Dharun Ravi, who attempted to hold "viewing parties" of Clementi and a man identified only as "M.B." having sex.

What do you think Ravi's punishment should be? Take our poll below.