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Tyler Clementi Bill: Family Of Rutgers Suicide Victim Lends Name To Legislation

Family Of Rutgers Suicide Victim Lends Name To Bill
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The family of a Rutgers University student who committed suicide after a sexual encounter was broadcast online has consented to the use of his name on a piece of anti-harassment legislation.

The family of Tyler Clementi will allow Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, to use his name in the proposed federal legislation, to be known as the "Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act," an attorney for the family said.

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