Lawyers clash at hearing into Penn State frat hazing death

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Lawyers for the Pennsylvania State University fraternity members charged in the hazing death of a pledge grilled the lead detective on the case Tuesday, as tensions rose between the defense and prosecution.

During the third day of a preliminary hearing that will determine if the young men are held for trial, one lawyer asked Judge Allen Sinclair to sanction Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller after she referred to the defense as a “peanut gallery.”

The verbal battle erupted after Parks Miller pushed back on defense lawyers’ request to use portions of the surveillance footage from Beta Theta Pi fraternity house during the hazing ritual that prosecutors say led to sophomore Tim Piazza’s death on Feb. 4.

Prosecutors used hours of that surveillance video when the hearing opened last month; lawyers for the fraternity and 16 of its members argued that they should be able to use it during cross-examination this week.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/crime/lawyers-clash-at-hearing-into-penn-state-frat-hazing-death-20170711.html

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1. despicable people who only cared about themselves while they watched their "friend" die nt