The bill is named after our client, Sam Martinez, who died in 2019 after a night of hazing at a fraternity at Washington State University. The "Sam Martinez Stop Hazing...
April 6, 2023
The Washington House passed House Bill 1002, which would increase penalties associated with hazing. The bill comes after the passage of "Sam's Law," named after our client Sam Martinez, who...
February 27, 2023
The Seattle Times | Feb. 24, 2023 By Jolayne Houtz Sam’s soccer jerseys still hang in a neat row in his closet. The silver jacket he wore to his senior...
February 22, 2023
The January death of a Washington State University student who was discovered in his dorm has been ruled a suicide, with his parents describing how their son had said his recent...
January 26, 2023
Campus police at Washington State University are investigating the death of a freshman who was found dead in his dorm room Sunday. The Whitman County coroner’s office identified the student...
April 4, 2022
An update on our story from this past November about hazing. Sam Martinez, a 19-year-old freshman at Washington State University, died of acute alcohol poisoning while pledging the Alpha Tau...