The charge carries a maximum of five years. These kids have never been in trouble before, by all the stories on this I have seen.
I would say maybe three to six months served someplace where they won't be raped compounding the tragedy - likely a minimum security federal facility, and parole with a correctional officer who will insure counseling.
Certainly not the five or ten years nonsense some are spouting on these threads.
I say we let justice unfold, let the judge order a presentence investigation which should enable him to decide what this Ravi deserves. We dont know much about Ravi other than he was reportedly delighted to get the tape and post it and did the same thing to someone else. His friends saying he was a nice guy is not a good investigation.
Let justice just happen and we will see.