BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A prosecutor says she will seek to have involuntary manslaughter charges reinstated against eight members of a Penn State fraternity. District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller says she may also seek to refile felony charges of aggravated assault. Defense attorneys say they will oppose such efforts.
A judge Friday threw out the most serious counts against Penn State fraternity brothers in a pledge’s alcohol-related death last February.
He ordered the now-shuttered Beta Theta Pi fraternity and 12 of its members to stand trial on a range of lesser charges, from reckless endangerment to alcohol violations. Two other defendants previously agreed to stand trial. A lawyer for one of the defendants said the ruling takes the teeth out of the state’s case.
