There will be no jail time for nearly two dozen former Northern Illinois University fraternity members associated with an unsanctioned party where a pledge died.
David Bogenberger looked forward to getting a business degree from NIU.
But on November 2, 2012 he died during a fraternity party at the Pi Kappa Alpha house after fraternity members forced pledges to drink large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time.
David’s mother Ruth address the defendants in court:
“Twenty-two men pledging to be David's brothers for life ridiculed, tormented, poisoned and killed him. Worse even than all these things, they consciously denied him lifesaving medical help. The human decency that most of us would render to a sick animal, these self-proclaimed 'brothers' would not even extend to a young man they pledge a lifelong brotherhood to.”
The men must complete 100 hours of community service, and pay fines up to one-thousand dollars each.
