{"id":57174,"date":"2023-02-23T17:49:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kentucky-senate-approves-bill-to-allow-jail-time-for-hazing-charges-57174"},"modified":"2023-02-23T17:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:49:28","slug":"kentucky-senate-approves-bill-to-allow-jail-time-for-hazing-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kentucky-senate-approves-bill-to-allow-jail-time-for-hazing-charges-57174","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Senate approves bill to allow jail time for hazing charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kentucky-senate-committee-advance-bill-to-expand-address-confidentiality-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kentucky Senate<\/a> voted Thursday to carve out a new crime that could punish hazing with jail time, responding to calls for action following the death of a university student.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would create a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mizzou-fraternity-brothers-charged-felonies-hazing-pledge-blind-paralyzed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">felony crime for hazing<\/a> that results in the death or serious injury of a student. The offense would be punishable by up to five years in prison. Also under the bill, someone accused of recklessly engaging in hazing would face a misdemeanor charge, punishable by up to a year in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The bill won Senate passage on a 27-7 vote, sending the proposal to the House.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Robby Mills, the bill&#8217;s lead sponsor, said the goal is to save lives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For far too long, hazing has been this awkward rite of passage in Kentucky that many still refuse to acknowledge is wrong,&#8221; Mills said. &#8220;We believe the elevation of hazing to a crime addresses head-on the seriousness of these actions. It lets students know that Kentucky values student safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kentucky-democrat-wins-special-election-fill-seat-states-gop-dominated-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>KENTUCKY DEMOCRAT WINS SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL SEAT IN STATE&#8217;S GOP-DOMINATED SENATE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bill cleared a Senate committee recently after hearing from the family of Thomas &#8220;Lofton&#8221; Hazelwood, an 18-year-old freshman at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/missouri-frat-pledge-loses-ability-walk-talk-see-alleged-hazing-incident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Kentucky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tracey Hazelwood, the student\u2019s mother, told lawmakers that after he pledged to a fraternity, her son had to participate in illegal acts that &#8220;could have got him kicked out of school&#8221; in order to belong to the fraternity, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. On the night he died, she said, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/paul-pelosis-blood-alcohol-content-likely-higher-time-crash-experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blood alcohol concentration was 0.354<\/a>. The legal limit for adults to drive is 0.08.<\/p>\n<p>The bill defines hazing as endangering the mental or physical health of a student for recruitment, initiation into or affiliation with an organization, or to enhance or maintain status within a group. It would include consuming alcohol, tobacco or food to the extent that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/family-man-fatally-shot-georgia-police-files-lawsuit-against-officer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">puts someone at risk of injury<\/a>, or such &#8220;physical brutality&#8221; as whipping, beating or branding or exposure to the elements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kentucky-senate-approves-bill-allow-jail-time-hazing-charges\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kentucky-senate-approves-bill-allow-jail-time-hazing-charges <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kentucky Senate voted Thursday to carve out a new crime that could punish hazing with jail time, responding to calls for action following the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-57174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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