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One gets jail in Plattsburg hazing death
Student Sentenced in Fatal Hazing Case
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Plattsburgh, New York - December 23, 2003
One of the young men implicated in a fraternity hazing death will spend time is going to prison. William Katz, 25 of Plattsburgh, was sentenced Tuesday to one year in the Clinton County jail.
Katz and ten other members of the Psi Epsilon Chi fraternity pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the death of Plattsburgh State freshman Walter Dean Jennings. Jennings died after being forced to drink large quantities of water during an initiation ritual.
Katz was the last of the frat members to be sentenced and the only one to get any jail time. Judge Kevin Ryan singled out Katz as the person most responsible for Jennings' death.
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