Beta Theta Pi pledge dies at Penn State

[SydneyK]

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Visser received two to six months in jail and three years of probation. Sala was sentenced to three to 10 months of house arrest plus two years of probation. Kurczewski received to three to nine months in jail and one year of probation. Bonatucci was sentenced to one to six months in jail plus one year of probation.

I wonder how these sentences were decided upon. Nine months in jail (the most any of the four would serve) seems terribly lenient.

[GreekOne]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

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I wonder how these sentences were decided upon. Nine months in jail (the most any of the four would serve) seems terribly lenient.

I wonder how the sentences were decided upon as well. I find it interesting that 28 were originally charged and most got off with no jail time. How was the involvement of these 4 different than the others? Was it that the others just agreed to plea deals and these 4 took their chances with the justice system? From reading the original Grand Jury Report, it did not seem that other than Becker, the House Manager accused of erasing video, any one defendant's action was much different than the others.