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  • 2 Florida men convicted of felony hazing (for caning a pledge)

    12/18/2006 1:41:31 AM PST · by Zakeet · 27 replies · 2,323+ views
    Associated Press ^ | December 15, 2006 | Bill Kaczor
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Two Florida fraternity brothers were convicted of felony hazing Friday in a trial seen as a test of a new law restricting the practice, but jurors were unable to reach a verdict on three other defendants. The five Kappa Alpha Psi brothers at Florida A&M University, the first people charged under the anti-hazing law, were accused of punching an aspiring member, Marcus Jones, 20, of Decatur, Ga., and beating his buttocks with canes during an initiation, or aiding those who did. Jurors found former chapter president Michael Morton, 23, and Jason Harris, 23, guilty of breaking a...