Utah State University hazing charges are not sticking

By Brian Maffly

"Six months after Cache County filed hazing charges against 12 Utah State University students and their Greek-letter societies, no one stands convicted of hazing in connection with the November alcohol poisoning of fraternity pledge Michael Starks. ..."

"First District Judge Thomas Willmore has meted out punishment, including four jail sentences, but for offenses other than hazing -- the crime of encouraging or inducing someone to engage in humiliating or dangerous behavior as a condition for membership in an organization. ..."

"Willmore is fielding motions to dismiss by the four remaining defendants, raising the possibility that the state's first major hazing prosecution will result in no hazing convictions. But prosecutors are not dismayed. ..."

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