Chico Again: Ice Water, Mud Crawl, etc. Alleged (Beta Theta Pi)

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by Rudey

Ice water in heat wave Cali? Sounds like torture...

-Rudey

This could be:"then submerged them up to their necks in freezing water, subjecting them to hypothermia,"

[Kevin]

I think the word "likely" will cause the prosecution a lot of problems here.

It's a poorly written law.

To me, "likely" means at least 50%. Since no pledges became hypothermic, it appears that they were not "likely" to be injured.

[exlurker]

A little more information:

http://www.chicoer.com/ci_6373209?source=most_viewed

Brief excerpt from article:

Just days after three ex-fraternity members were charged with hazing violations, the lawyer for one of them says the case is being exaggerated and the men unfairly charged.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I think the word "likely" will cause the prosecution a lot of problems here.

It's a poorly written law.

To me, "likely" means at least 50%. Since no pledges became hypothermic, it appears that they were not "likely" to be injured.

I don't know if I agree with that. Using your logic, unless a pledge was actually injured they wouldn't be able to prosecute under that law. It seems like the intent was to be able to prosecute acts that might injure pledges but they wanted a stronger word than "may" or "might" so they picked "likely". That way they can encompass things that would "likely" cause injury even if they didn't cause injury in this particular circumstance.