Sam Martinez

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1.5 million high school students in the U.S. experience hazing every year. 47% of college students have already experienced hazing before their freshman year. 55% of college students involved in fraternities, sororities, teams, and other student organizations experienced hazing - but only 1 in 10 labeled it as hazing.

This is the case of Sam Martinez.

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Sources:

• Increase the penalties for hazing and end the culture that took my son’s life | The Seattle Times
• Grieving WA family pushing for bills that would toughen penalties for hazing | The Seattle Times
• Police recommend charges in frat alcohol poisoning death | The Seattle Times
• Family of Sam Martinez, Bellevue teenager who died at WSU fraternity house, sues university and fraternity | The Seattle Times
• ‘Sam’s Law’ parents push for harsher penalties for hazing for a second year | The Seattle Times
• Anti-hazing bill ‘Sam’s Law’ inches closer to passing WA Legislature focusing on education, transparency | The Seattle Times
• New law, inspired by WSU student’s death, stiffens penalties for hazing | The Seattle Times
• How hazing led to the death of fraternity pledge Sam Martinez - 60 Minutes - CBS News
• Parents allege negligence by WSU in freshman's hazing death | king5.com
• Sam Martinez Hazing Death: Sam’s Law and its Impact on Greek Organizations - Fraternal Law
• Members of WSU fraternity where Bellevue freshman died didn’t know what constitutes hazing, evidence shows | king5.com
• KUOW - Their son died in a hazing incident at WSU. They've since worked to change Washington's laws around hazing
• WSU student pleads guilty to giving Sam Martinez alcohol | krem.com
• Body cam, Snapchat videos in Sam Martinez investigation released | krem.com
• Sam Martinez death: 15 fraternity members charged in death of Washington State University pledge - CBS News
• Parents issue hazing warning after Sam Martinez's death at WSU | king5.com
• Manslaughter charges not being suggested in WSU fraternity death | Crime | kxly.com
• Three former fraternity members at Washington State University plead guilty to providing alcohol at party where pledge died - CNN
• Coroner confirms WSU student died from alcohol poisoning
• Washington State University student died hours before classmates called 911, coroner says - ABC News
• Whitman County Prosecutor Files Charges In 2019 Alcohol Death Of WSU Fraternity Member - Northwest Public Broadcasting
• Investigation leads Pullman Police to revisit hazing as potential factor in Sam Martinez's death | Spokane News | khq.com
• 3 former WSU frat members plead guilty to alcohol charges | The Seattle Times
• Hazing becomes a felony in some cases in Washington state | AP News
• Charges filed in death of WSU fraternity pledge – KIRO 7 News Seattle
• Last ex-frat member sentenced in death 2 years ago of WSU pledge Sam Martinez
• Parents seek answers as hazing reconsidered in WSU student's death
• Investigation leads Pullman Police to revisit hazing as potential factor in Sam Martinez's death | Regional | nbcrightnow.com
• "This is not justice"; Family of Sam Martinez responds to charges against 15 men for giving alcohol to minors | Find It | khq.com
• WSU student died 4 hours before first 911 call, coroner says
• Washington State University frat members guilty to 'furnishing alcohol to minors' in death of pledge | Daily Mail Online
• 'My dream, his dream, cut short': Parents of son killed in hazing incident applaud ‘Sam’s Law’ - MyNorthwest.com
• KUOW - After their son’s death at a WSU fraternity, family calls for caution, and change

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