Hearing For FAMU Hazing Defendants Rescheduled
A hearing to learn whether eight defendants who remain charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major would accept plea offers or go to trial has been rescheduled.
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A hearing to learn whether eight defendants who remain charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major would accept plea offers or go to trial has been rescheduled.
After the hazing death of a drum major, Florida A&M University's band will make its first appearance in two years in a football stadium.
Florida A&M University officials announced Thursday morning that Sept. 1st will be the day the school's famed Marching 100 band will return to the field in Orlando.
Florida A&M University's band is back up and marching again after being suspended in 2011 following a deadly hazing incident.
Ten remaining defendants who were charged in the hazing death of Robert Champion, a former drum major at FAMU, are set to attend a status hearing Friday on their cases.
The well-known marching band from Florida A&M University, suspended in 2011 following a hazing incident, is suspended no longer.
Another big change is near for Florida A&M University's Marching 100 which hopes to return to the field in the future.
A third person charged in the hazing death of Florida A & M University drum major Robert Champion will plead guilty.
Former Florida A&M band members are pleading not guilty to increased charges of manslaughter related to the death of drum major Robert Champion.
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New charges have been filed against ten former Florida A&M University band members accused in the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion.
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A scathing report which contends FAMU officials failed to comply with state laws and regulations in years leading up to the death of a school drum major was shown to the board that governs Florida's universities.
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Keith Miles has been around the Florida A&M football program for nearly a half century and doesn't remember any game when the school's famed Marching 100 band didn't perform. Until now.
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With the suspension of the Marching 100 following the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion, Florida A&M University had to figure out what to do during halftime.
In an effort to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a band member who died after an alleged hazing incident, Florida A&M University's board of trustees has instructed their attorneys to enter a voluntary mediation session with attorneys for the family of Robert Champion.
Florida A&M University Provost Larry Robinson will take over the duties of president of the school following a unanimous vote Monday of the university trustees, which an hour earlier had accepted the immediate resignation of President James Ammons. Under scrutiny since the hazing death of Marching 100 drum major Robert Champion, Ammons stepped down Monday instead of waiting until October as he proposed last week when he first tendered his resignation to the FAMU Board of Trustees. Ammons had planned on staying on for 90 days but instead will go on sabbatical and then return to the university as a tenured professor. The board appointed Robinson, a popular administrator among faculty and staff, to replace Ammons, but will return in August to decide whether Robinson stays on officially as interim president until a permanent president is found. "I think FAMU right now needs immediate stability," said Trustee Marissa West, the FAMU student body president. "I don't think we can afford to be left vulnerable and I think we need to ensure a very smooth transition in the upcoming days, months, weeks." Trustees have complained about a lack of oversight of the band and the school has also come under scrutiny for a number of other problems, some related to graduation, retention and enrollment rates, some related to accounting irregularities, and allegations of sexual assault at the university's affiliated elementary-middle-high school. Thirteen band members have been charged in Champion's death. Of those, 11 face felony hazing charges and could face up to six years in prison. Two others were charged with misdemeanors. They have pleaded not guilty. As part of the termination agreement, Ammons will receive a 25 percent bonus for his performance during the 2010/11 school year based on an outside evaluation. Ammons will also receive a 5 percent bonus for meeting mutually agreed upon goals for the 2011/12 academic year. As president, Ammons' base salary was about $325,000. "The News Service of Florida contributed to this report."
Florida A&M University President James Ammons is resigning from his position at the school as the ongoing scandal surrounding band member Robert Champion's hazing death continues to grow.
Eleven Florida A&M University band members charged in connection with the felony hazing death of drum major Robert Champion will go on trial in October.
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