The defunct Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter at Cornell was sentenced on Thursday.

A court hearing originally scheduled for Thursday to decide whether the University must hand over documents related to the Feb. 2011 death of George Desdunes ’13 has been delayed until October.

Although Cornell’s documents could provide proof of a hazardous environment at SAE, they may not see the light of day.

Though three former pledges of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were acquitted of criminal charges in June, a separate, civil lawsuit is just beginning.

Max Haskin ’14, Ben Mann ’14 and Edward Williams ’14 were charged in connection with the death of George Desdunes '13.

After four days of arguments and exhaustive witness accounts about the events leading to the death of George Desdunes ’13, Judge Judith Rossiter J.D. ’86 closed the criminal trial of three former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pledges for deliberation on Thursday.

As the third day of the criminal trial of three former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pledges unfolded on Wednesday, the question of whether the pledges' mock-kidnapping or Desdunes' own drinking led to the SAE brother's death continued to hang heavy in the air.

As the other SAE brother kidnapped that night, Gregory Wyler '12 is likely to have more insight into the events surrounding Desdunes’ death than perhaps anyone other than the pledges themselves.

Students formerly affiliated with SAE hosted the White Party in Collegetown Saturday night. Although it has been more than a year since SAE was kicked off campus, vestiges of the fraternity and its brotherhood maintain a visible presence on campus.

If approved, a proposed overhaul of Cornell’s Greek system would aim to eradicate hazing by integrating members into Greek life before they join individual houses and by requiring advisors to live in “at-risk” fraternities, among other changes.