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Frat kids go to prison for hazing

by Jonathon Morgan (Subscribe to Jonathon Morgan's posts)
Jan 30th 2007 1:32PM

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Hazing is stupid. It's one of those ridiculous collegiate traditions that, for whatever reason, just won't die. Fortunately, some universities, and now one judge, are taking a stand against the asinine practice.

Michael Morton and Jason Harris, both students at Florida A&M University, beat pledge Marcus Jones so severely with a wooden cane that he had to have surgery for bruises on his buttocks. Now they'll spend the next two years in prison. Morton, convicted of the actual abuse, and Harris convicted of participating, as he not only encouraged Jones, but revived him with water after he passed out, just so the poor guy could get hit some more.

University professors, clergy members -- even a former A&M President -- came to the young men's defense, but Judge Kathleen Dekker refused to be lenient. "I want to save the victims who will quietly go along because they want to belong," she said.

It's about time.

Tags: hazing

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