Student's Suicide Was Not Penn State's Fault, Grand Jury Decides: Patch PM

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Student’s Suicide Was Not Penn State’s Fault, Grand Jury Decides

The state Attorney General said no charges will be filed in the death of Marquise Braham, a Penn State student who killed himself in 2014 after alleged hazing.

Braham’s father is pursuing a lawsuit against both Penn State and the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He alleges that his son was forced to consume “gross” amounts of alcohol, chug Listerine, swallow live fish, fight other fraternity pledges, burn himself with candle wax, and kill, gut, and skin animals.

A grand jury was tasked with investigating the allegations.

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