Explained: Ex-fraternity leader at Arizona university gets jail time after pledge died of alcohol poisoning

Carter Eslick, former NAU fraternity leader, was sentenced to two months in jail and three years of supervised probation

Hazing

Harmful or humiliating initiation rituals imposed on new group members, in this case fraternity pledges

Pledge master

A fraternity officer responsible for overseeing and welcoming new pledges

Blood-alcohol content (BAC)

A measure of alcohol concentration in the blood used to assess intoxication

Supervised probation

A court-ordered period during which a person must follow specific conditions instead of serving full incarceration

Delta Tau Delta

The national fraternity whose NAU chapter was involved in the hazing incident