The new law upgrades criminal penalties for hazing incidents and requires middle and high schools and colleges to adopt comprehensive anti-hazing policies.
Is it time to end fraternities?
Given the image of underage drinking, hazing and general chaos typically associated with fraternity life on college campuses, it's a fair question. The seriousness of the question is underscored by the death of Timothy Piazza...
The 2017 death of Timothy Piazza at Penn State may inspire tougher penalties for hazing in New Jersey. Piazza's neighbor encouraged a senator to push for it.
Pennsylvania prosecutors are dropping all assault charges against members of a now-closed Penn State fraternity in the hazing death of a New Jersey pledge.
Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller said new evidence from video thought to have been deleted enabled police to determine that Lebanon's Timothy Piazza had been given at least 18 drinks over less than 90 minutes.
A judge in early September threw out the most serious charges against eight defendants, involuntary manslaughter and felony aggravated assault, but all 16 of those counts were refiled.