Two Penn State frat leaders learn their fate in America's most shocking hazing death - as victim's parents speak out

Two Penn State students who organized the hazing that killed New Jersey freshman Timothy Piazza have been sentenced to up to four months in prison.

Beta Theta Pi president Brendan Young, 28, and vice-president Daniel Casey, 27, pleaded guilty in July to 15 counts of hazing and reckless endangerment.

On Tuesday, the duo learned their fate in Centre County Court in Pennsylvania. They were each sentenced to between two and four months in prison, and are eligible for work release.

Following their release, they will both serve three years' probation and complete community service.

Timothy's father, Jim, told DailyMail.com after the sentence was handed down that he does not believe Young or Casey showed 'real remorse.'

'But let's see what their future actions are,' he said.

'The defendants and their counsel went from 7+ years of victim blaming to now calling themselves victims from a broken culture and blaming the system for their bad decisions and behavior.

'The counsel felt it more relevant to talk about the pain they, the defendants, endured rather than accept their responsibility in Tim's death without excuses.'

The duo were in charge of the frat when it staged the drinking 'obstacle course' that left Piazza, 19, dead from traumatic brain injury in February 2017.

The engineering student consumed 18 drinks in 90 minutes and was knocked unconscious after falling 15-feet down a flight of stairs, but it was more than 12 hours before the alarm was raised.

Jim accepted there are 'no winners' in such a tragic case, but expressed disappointment in an initial decision to dismiss several more serious charges, including manslaugher.

As a result, the charges that the duo pleaded guilty to were lesser misdemeanours and limited potential reasonable sentencing options. 

'I do believe that with the remaining charges that Judge Marshall had to work with, his statements after the sentencing about the defendants lack of leadership and his sentencing overall was well reasoned and fair. 

'Hopefully this sentencing makes a statement that hazing someone to death and hazing in general is not acceptable in Centre County or the state of Pennsylvania, especially with the new Timothy J Piazza Hazing law.'

The new law was passed through the U.S. House of Representatives last week establishing stricter punishments for hazing.

Schools must now enforce anti-hazing policies as part of the legislation and there are now felony offenses for serious injuries or deaths caused by hazing.

Piazza's parents have spoken to thousands of students at college campuses across the country in a bid to end hazing, and Penn State permanently banned Beta Theta Pi shortly after their son's death, accusing it of a 'persistent pattern' of excessive drinking, drug use and hazing.

In total, more than 1,000 counts have been brought against 18 members in the largest criminal indictment against a fraternity and its members in US history.

'There should be no discussion of this case without recognizing the tragic loss of life and resulting devastation for Mr Piazza's family and friends,' Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry said.

Fourteen pledges were brought to the frat house on February 2 where they were ordered to drink repeated shots of vodka before running a 'gauntlet' while drinking beer, wine, and playing beer pong.

Video played in court showed that Piazza collapsed just before 11:30pm but no one came to his assistance.

He was then seen repeatedly collapsing as he attempted to crawl, rolled around the floor, vomited in his sleep, and went in-and-out of consciousness over the course of the next eight hours.

As the hours passed he was body-slammed into a couch by one frat member, had a beer or multiple beers dumped on him by another, and later lay comatose while one young man threw his shoes at the visibly inebriated college student.

Some frat members had already left for class by the time Piazza was carried to a couch a little after 10am, but it was another 45 minutes before 911 was called.