Four of the defendants in the FAMU hazing trial, from left: Corey Gray, Marcus Hughes, Michael Morton and Brian Bowman. Morton and a fifth defendant, Jason Harris, were the first people convicted under Florida’s new anti-hazing law. A mistrial was declared for Gray, Hughes and Bowman.
The Florida Legislature passed the law last year in response to the death of Chad Meredith, a University of Miami freshman who drowned in 2001 while trying to swim across a lake with members of a fraternity he hoped to join.
— Associated Press
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