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Needs update on criminal info

At least 4 of the fraternity members have been found guilty and have been sentenced. Three of them, twenty-one-year-olds Luke Visser, Michael Bonatucci, and Joseph Sala aren't even listed in the article as being among the persons charged. The fourth, Joshua Kurczewski, also 21 received a sentence of up to nine months. Don't know what has happened to the many others.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timothy-piazza-hazing-death-judge-hands-down-first-jail-sentences-in-death-of-penn-state-student/ 2601:14A:503:64C0:650A:DBD5:33F4:BDF1 (talk) 21:11, 8 March 2021 (UTC) [have been unable to recover my wikipedia account. ileanadu].[reply]

Egregious POV-pushing

This paragraph:

After the preliminary hearings, a number of defense attorneys colluded against former District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller.[19] Frank Fina, disgraced attorney who sabotaged the career of Kathleen Kane, led the attack against Parks Miller.[20] Notable dissidents against Parks Miller include Joseph L. Amendola and Matthew McClenahen. On February 8, 2019, Parks Miller received a law license suspension of one year and one day.[21] Parks Miller was defended by Bruce Castor throughout the trial.[22]

needs some serious cleanup. Specifically, "colluded," "disgraced," "sabotage," and "attack" clearly violate NPOV.

The first sentence is unsupported by the provided source ( https://onwardstate.com/2017/05/15/centre-county-da-race-muddled-with-sexist-attack-mailers/ ). The second sentence's assertion that Fina was behind the investigation into Parks Miller is unsupported by the provided source ( https://www.timesherald.com/news/prosecutor-kathleen-kane-on-a-mission-of-revenge/article_a851313f-d032-55ea-bd26-77c54ad79d06.html ). The third sentence is unsupported by the provided source ( https://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2019/02/former-da-parks-millers-law-license-suspended/ ).

As supported by the sources, the paragraph should read

On February 8, 2019, Parks Miller received a law license suspension of one year and one day for communicating improperly with judges and defense attorneys.[21] Parks Miller was defended by Bruce Castor throughout her trial.[22]

I'm not convinced that this is actually relevant to the article, but I'll be leaving it for now. -Waidawut (talk) 19:29, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@User:Wikihow6754 FYI -Waidawut (talk) 19:37, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]