For a roughly 60 year period ending in 2019, at least one U.S. school, organization, or club has reported a hazing death annually. That final year marked the death of Sam Martinez, a 19-year old freshman at Washington State University. His namesake and story endure in a statewide effort to end hazing deaths.
“Coming to this country, I was looking for my son to go to college and graduate,” Sam’s father, Hector Martinez, told KIRO Newsradio. “That was my dream, especially for him, and it was cut short. When I saw [this law] passing, I was just like, ‘now there’s gonna be more transparency.’”
House Bill 1751 was approved
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