Victims' anonymity at issue in hazing case
CHICO — A local appeals court has agreed to hear arguments why prosecutors should not be required to identify the purported victims in a Chico fraternity hazing case.
The Butte County District Attorney's Office has been directed to appear in court next month to show cause why it should not be required to name which of 13 pledges to the now-defunct Theta Beta Pi fraternity were criminally hazed during an initiation rite last spring. Prosecutors have taken the position they are not required to do so, contending the entire state of California is the victim under Matt's Law, an anti-hazing statute passed last year in memory of Matthew Carrington, a Chico State University pledge who died during a fraternity initiation ceremony in 2005.
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