<p>18-year-old Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei face charges of invasion of privacy for allegedly using a secret web camera to secretly watch Tyler Clementi, 18, in a sexual encounter with another man.Prosecutors were earlier contemplating bringing additional charges, including bias, against the two.<br /><br />"Investigators are reviewing the evidence and the law to determine whether they can upgrade the charges to a second-degree bias crime because Clementi was gay," Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said today.<br /><br />Kaplan however said while no final decision has been made, there may not be enough evidence in the case to upgrade the charges to a hate crime.<br /><br />"Sometimes the laws do not always adequately address the situation... That may come to pass here," Attorney General Paula Dow was quoted as saying in the Newark Star-Ledger.<br />Kaplan said "only after there is a complete understanding of all the facts can there be an analysis of the law. Right now we are fact finding.<br /><br />"Meanwhile, Wei's lawyers have said their client was "innocent" and she was being maligned by "unfounded" attacks on her character.<br /><br />"This is a tragic situation. But this tragedy has also unfairly led to rampant speculation and misinformation, which threaten to overwhelm the actual facts of the matter," Wei’s attorneys Rubin Sinins and Eric Kahn said in a statement."Those true facts will reveal that Molly Wei is innocent. Molly committed no crime," they said.<br /><br />Wei is a "wonderful, caring and talented young woman with a bright future. That future is being threatened by unfounded attacks upon her character. Neither Molly nor anyone else should be used to further the agenda of others," their statement added.<br /></p>
<p>18-year-old Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei face charges of invasion of privacy for allegedly using a secret web camera to secretly watch Tyler Clementi, 18, in a sexual encounter with another man.Prosecutors were earlier contemplating bringing additional charges, including bias, against the two.<br /><br />"Investigators are reviewing the evidence and the law to determine whether they can upgrade the charges to a second-degree bias crime because Clementi was gay," Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said today.<br /><br />Kaplan however said while no final decision has been made, there may not be enough evidence in the case to upgrade the charges to a hate crime.<br /><br />"Sometimes the laws do not always adequately address the situation... That may come to pass here," Attorney General Paula Dow was quoted as saying in the Newark Star-Ledger.<br />Kaplan said "only after there is a complete understanding of all the facts can there be an analysis of the law. Right now we are fact finding.<br /><br />"Meanwhile, Wei's lawyers have said their client was "innocent" and she was being maligned by "unfounded" attacks on her character.<br /><br />"This is a tragic situation. But this tragedy has also unfairly led to rampant speculation and misinformation, which threaten to overwhelm the actual facts of the matter," Wei’s attorneys Rubin Sinins and Eric Kahn said in a statement."Those true facts will reveal that Molly Wei is innocent. Molly committed no crime," they said.<br /><br />Wei is a "wonderful, caring and talented young woman with a bright future. That future is being threatened by unfounded attacks upon her character. Neither Molly nor anyone else should be used to further the agenda of others," their statement added.<br /></p>