He noted that under New Jersey law , the judge had the flexibility to sentence Ravi to anything from zero to 10 years in prison . NEW : There 's `` very little chance '' the sentence will be overturned , CNN 's Toobin says . The judge says he took Dharun Ravi 's age and other factors into consideration . He also said that if Ravi had been a white student instead of an Asian one ( which is what happened ) then it would have made no difference to him at all. Tyler Clementi , 18 , then killed himself , setting off a national discussion about bullying .
NEW : There 's `` very little chance '' the sentence will be overturned , CNN 's Toobin says . The judge says he took Dharun Ravi 's age and other factors into consideration . He also said that if Ravi had been a white student instead of an Asian one ( which is what happened ) then it would have made no difference to him at all. Tyler Clementi , 18 , then killed himself , setting off a national discussion about bullying .