Trial puts Fla. anti-hazing law to test (AP)

by Populux | September 28, 2006 at 12:06 am
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In the first major courtroom test of the state's anti-hazing law, a prosecutor Wednesday described for jurors how an aspiring Florida A&M University fraternity member was pummeled with boxing gloves so hard he briefly lost his hearing. But defense attorneys for the five fraternity brothers accused in the case claim the student was not seriously hurt. "They beat Marcus Jones with canes so severely he needed surgery to remove a blood clot from his buttocks and also they punched ...

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