Judge imposes first jail terms in Penn State frat death case

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

A judge has sentenced three former Penn State fraternity members to jail in the 2017 death of a pledge, the first defendants ordered to serve time behind bars in a case that rewrote Pennsylvania’s anti-hazing law.

Centre County Judge Brian Marshall sentenced former Beta Theta Pi members Tuesday for hazing surrounding the death of sophomore engineering major Tim Piazza, 19, of Lebanon, New Jersey.

The sentences were 30 days to six months for Michael Bonatucci, 21; two months to six months for Luke Visser, 21; and three months to nine months for Joshua Kurczewski, 20. A fourth defendant, Joseph Sala, 21, received three months to 10 months of house arrest.

Each was also fined and given a probation term. They were all sentenced for hazing and conspiracy to commit hazing, and Kurczewski also pleaded guilty to furnishing alcohol to minors.

Read more: https://www.swtimes.com/zz/news/20190403/judge-imposes-first-jail-terms-in-penn-state-frat-death-case

[Merlot]

1. They killed him. They kicked his dying body.

They locked him in so he couldn't get help.

Replace "hazing" with "torture" and it would be more accurate.

They get a slap on the wrist.

[BlueFlorida]

2. Those sentences are too low

Even manslaughter convictions normally get 5 years minimum. These are like sentences for shoplifting.

[JudyM]

3. 'Boys will be boys' excuses far too many outrages. Here's another.

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. I wish they would just get rid of the fraternities altogether