Fraternities aim to provide students a brotherhood that can greatly enrich their university experience, even extending beyond school, but 22-year old Ateneo Law School freshman Lenny Villa didn’t know what he was in for when he joined the Aquila Legis in 1991.
This episode’s companion photos: instagram.com/p/CQdycibLYU4/
References:
- http://thelegallyinclined.blogspot.com/2012/08/dying-to-belong-learning-from-hazing.html
- https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2018/9/21/hazing-victims.html
- https://crusade-ph.tripod.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hazing_Act_of_1995
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila_Legis
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/dec2014/gr_151258_2014.html
- https://news.abs-cbn.com/-depth/02/21/12/lenny-villas-family-dismayed-21-year-wait
- https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/149207/supreme-court-writes-finis-to-lenny-villa-case
- https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/149417/what-went-before-the-lenny-villa-case
- https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/675366/ca-dismisses-homicide-cases-vs-3-ex-ateneo-students-tagged-in-lenny-villa-slay
- https://www.aquilalegis.org/
- https://www.chanrobles.com/antihazinglaw.htm#.YM-N8L4zaUl
- https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2002/01/12/146792/ca-acquits-19-lenny-villa-slay
- https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/10/08/1746898/fratmen-lenny-villa-hazing-get-slap-wrist
- https://www.rappler.com/nation/duterte-signs-law-total-hazing-ban-philippines
- https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1991/03/12/fatal-hazing-at-jesuit-college-stirs-debate-on-fraternities&post_id=32200#
- https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1991/10/21/cardinal-vidal-condemns-fraternity-hazing-death&post_id=40039
Music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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