Representatives of Harran, and the university's Board of Regents who were also charged in the incident, disputed the charges. Harran and prosecutors in 2014 reached a deferred prosecution agreement in which Harran was ordered to pay $10,000 to a local burn center and do 800 hours of community service. Deputy District Attorney Craig W. Hum said that the penalty was similar to any sentence Harran would have received if convicted, while Sangji's family criticized it as "barely a slap on the wrist". The charges were subsequently dropped in 2018, in accordance with the settlement terms. References 1969 births Living people 21st-century American chemists University of Texas faculty University of California, Los Angeles faculty Skidmore College alumni