The hearing is for 12 defendants. The notice the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office filed two weeks ago did not specify what charges it would pursue in this hearing.
The second set of hearings went much quicker than the first, which spanned two months over the summer before the judge decided to bound over lesser charges for trial and dismiss the more serious charges.
The remaining defense attorneys cross-examined State College Detective David Scicchitano during the afternoon session of the third day of Beta Theta Pi hearings on refiled charges before it went to recitation.
Defense attorneys dissected video footage and text messages leading up to and in the immediate aftermath of Beta Theta Pi bid acceptance night.
As day two got under way for a second preliminary hearing for 11 of the former Beta Theta Pi members facing charges in connection with Piazza's February 2017 death, video evidence from inside the now-banned Penn State fraternity house was the focus.
The statement encourages students to support Senate Bill 1090, referred to as the "Timothy J. Piazza Anti-Hazing Law," and to urge their legislators to do the same.