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VIDEO:  Penn State frat member won't face jail time in pledge's death
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  • August 1, 2018

Penn State frat member won't face jail time in pledge's death

Ryan Burke was the first of more than 20 members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity to be sentenced in connection to criminal charges related to the death of Tim Piazza, who died in February 2017.

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