Fraternity chapter guilty in Cornell hazing death

Published June 28, 2012 1:45pm ET



ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A fraternity has been found guilty of hazing in the alcohol poisoning death of a Cornell University student from New York City.

The Ithaca Journal reports (http://ithacajr.nl/MVsaFS ) that a county judge convicted the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter of violating the state’s anti-hazing laws in the February 2011 death of George Desdunes (dehz-DOONZ’). Authorities say the 19-year-old sophomore from Brooklyn died after drinking too much alcohol during a hazing ritual.

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