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California statutes for reference
Cal Ed Code
§ 32050. "Hazing"
As used in this article, "hazing" includes any method of initiation or preinitiation into a student organization or student body or any pastime or amusement engaged in with respect to these organizations which causes, or is likely to cause, bodily danger, physical harm, or personal degradation or disgrace resulting in physical or mental harm, to any pupil or other person attending any school, community college, college, university, or other educational institution in this state . The term "hazing" does not include customary athletic events or other similar contests or competitions.
§ 32051. Hazing prohibited
No student, or other person in attendance at any public, private, parochial, or military school, community college, college, or other educational institution, shall conspire to engage in hazing, participate in hazing, or commit any act that causes or is likely to cause bodily danger, physical harm, or personal degradation or disgrace resulting in physical or mental harm to any fellow student or person attending the institution.
The violation of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($ 100), nor more than five thousand dollars ($ 5,000), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both.
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While you may not have a victim yet (btw- there's no mention of a victim in the statutes.... I don't have time to look through the case law to see how it's applied), that doesn't mean that no one would ever turn you in.
What about one of those many pledges that dropped out b/c they didn't want to deal with the BS? What would keep them from suing? Just because no one's stepped up and had the balls to say "this isn't right and i'm going to do something about it" doesn't mean that there will never be anyone.
I also don't know what the statute of limitations on this particular law would be.
Being that it's under the education not criminal code, it probably would require a so called "victim" to step up, unlike in a criminal case where the DA could prosecute.
This is once again inspiration for me to find the time to try to write a law journal article on hazing laws.............
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