Former Florida A&m Band Member Sentenced To Six Years For Hazing Death

Associated Press in Orlando, Florida, The Guardian
Fri, 01/09/2015 - 1:15pm

Dante Martin is the first to receive prison time for the famed Marching 100’s brutal ritual that resulted in the death of Robert Champion in November 2011A former Florida A&M University band member was sentenced Friday to more than six years in prison for manslaughter and felony hazing in the death of a drum major, making him the first to receive prison time in the case.Dante Martin received 77 months, but prosecutors wanted nine years in the beating death of 26-year-old Robert Champion during a brutal hazing ritual in November 2011.

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