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tyler clementi's parents speak out for the first time since their son killed himself.'s parents tell jason carroll whether that roommate has apologized to them and whether they're ready for the upcoming trial. >>> there may be criminal charges filed after a brawl at a college basketball game over the weekend. the latest on that coming up. luck? i don't trade on luck. i trade on fundamentals. analysis. information. i trade on tradearchitect. this is web-based trading, re-visualized. streaming, real-time quotes. earnings analysis. probability analysis: that's what opportunity looks like. it's all visual. intuitive. and it's available free, wherever the web is. this is how trade strategies are built. tradearchitect. only from td ameritrade. welcome to better trade commission free for 60 days when you open an account. >>> up close tonight, a primetime exclusive. tyler clementi's parents speak out for the first time since their son committed suicide more than a year ago. he was a student at rutgers when his roommate allegedly used a webcam to stream video of him in a sexual

ravi, clementi's former roommate, now 19 years old, faces 15 counts, including bias intimidation.e about clementi on the web saying, "what if i catch him with a dude?" >> this represents the maximum you're exposed to if you accept it. >> reporter: clementi's parents watched in a new jersey courtroom as ravi declined a plea deal, one where he could have potentially avoided jail time in exchange for community service. >> you want to know why he's rejected the plea? simple answer. simple principle of law. simple principle of life. he's innocent. he's not guilty. >> i mean, this has been their consistent position all along. and we weren't surprised. and we're prepared for the trial. >> reporter: do you have faith that you will receive the type of justice that you're looking for? >> well, i've said from the beginning that what we want is justice. we want accountability. and i have faith in the court system in the state of new jersey. >> if we don't see it here and now, we will ultimately see that justice. >> this is his violin. >> reporter: clementi's room at his parents' ridgewood, ne

ravi, clementi's former roommate now 19 years old faces 15 counts, including bias intimidation.er student once wrote about clementi on the web writing, quote, what if i catch him with a dude? >> this represents the maximum you're exposed to if you accept it. >> reporter: clementi's parents watched as ravi turned down a plea deal. one where he could have avoided jail time, in exchange for community service. >> you want to know why he rejected the plea. simple answer, simple principle of law, simple principle of life. he's innocent. he's not guilty. >> i mean, this has been their consistent position all along. and we weren't surprised. and we're prepared for the trial. >> reporter: do you have faith that you will receive the type of justice that you're looking for? >> well, i've said from the beginning that what we want is justice. we want accountability. and i have faith in the court system in the state of new jersey. >> we don't see it here and now, we will ultimately see that justice. >> reporter: clementi's room at his parnts' ridgewood, new jersey, home is still very much lik

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. >>> but first here this morning, an update on tyler clementi.ege, he told his mother he was gay and felt he was friendless. >> michelle miller recently talked with his parents about their loss and their efforts to make something good come of it. michelle, good morning. >> good morning to you. it's taken more than a year for joseph and jane clementi to speak publicly about their son, tyler. the rutgers student didn't leave any explanation for why he took his life. but the clementis are devoting their lives to trying to prevent other parents from suffering their pain. >> he was a musician. he was a lot of fun to have around the house. >> he had a very good sense of humor. >> joe and jane clementi thought they knew everything they should about their son, tyler. >> it was before he was leaving for school. and he just pretty much told me, mom, i'm gay. and i was really, really surprised, very, very surprised. >> while the clementis processed that surprise, tyler began college at rutgers where he roomed with 19-year-old derron robbie. robbie is accuse

. >>> first an update on the story of tyler clementi.to spy on him with another man and four weeks later he killed himself. >> michelle talked with his mother. >> good morning to you. it's taken more than a year for joseph and jane clementi to speak publicly about their son, tyler. he didn't leave any explanation of why he took his life but they believe cyberbullying may have played a part in their son's tragedy. they're devoting their lives to try to prevent other parents from suffering their pain. >> tyler was a great kid. ♪ >> he was an accomplished musician. he was a lot of fun to have around the house. >> he had a very good sense of humor. >> joe and jane clementi thought they knew everything they should about their son, tyler. >> it was just two days before he was leaving for school and he pretty much just told me, mom, i'm gay. and i was really, really surprised. very, very surprised. >> while the clementis processed that surprise, tyler began college at rutgers where he roomed with 19-year-old deron robbie. he is accused of using

. >>> tyler clementi, the name is synonymous with cyberbullying.is the rutgers student who jumped off the george washington bridge some 15 months ago. he killed himself after his roommate allegedly used a webcam to stream video of clementi in a sexual encounter with another man. on friday, that roommate here turned down a plea deal that would have kept him from going sto jail on hate crime charges. tonight in an exclusive prime-time interview, tyler clementi's parents talk about nir loss. >> for a long time, i didn't believe it. i didn't think that he had done that. i thought maybe he was kidnapped or he had run away, you know. all of those things. and when they found his body, then i was forced to accept the fact. >> now that some time has passed, i'm sure you must be going over in your mind, over and over again, why. >> i have gone over it many, many times in my head. and i really cannot come up with -- i guess because there is no good reason for what tyler did. it was something he did do and it's something that cannot be changed. there is no goo

joseph and jane clementi are now joining us. good morning to you. anyone. what do you think his emotions were when he had heard that he had been watched over a webcam kissing a man so soon after coming out and saying that he was gay? >> that's a difficult question, but to answer -- because we know him. but there are a private part of people that you don't ever really know. my impression is he would have been upset. >> from what we've learned is that he did seek help from the ra and he also did text a friend, a friend from ridgewood. and those things indicate to me that he was very distressed because he was not one to seek out help. he was one to kind of try to fix everything himself. so the fact that he went to seek out help from the ra indicates to me that he was very much upset. >> very much upset, needing support. did you feel as you look back over this that he had someone to speak to, that he was supported, that had he had that support, he might not have taken his own life? >> i'm not sure that the ra was the right person for him to -- the right