No contest pleas in hazing case
Three fraternity brothers accused in a case that tested Florida’s law against hazing avoided prison by pleading no contest to a lesser charge in the beating of a prospective member.
Each received probation, including 30 days in a sheriff’s work camp, after entering the pleas in Tallahassee to misdemeanor hazing. Prosecutors offered the plea deal only after two mistrials on felony hazing charges.
Five Florida A&M; University fraternity brothers had been tried together. The second jury convicted two, and each was sentenced to two years in prison. They are appealing.
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