A federal judge is ordering the release of Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz indicated that he will issue an order requiring that Khalil be released today. He denied a motion by the government to stay the ruling for seven days.
The judge asked the parties to consult with a magistrate judge about any conditions that will be attached to Khalil's release on bail.
9 Comments
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 89 pts · 1y
See. We live in a perfectly free nation where you can only be illegally detained for protected speech for 3 months before a judge says you can go home but still have to report for trial.
GoobyMcMooby@lemmy.zip · 41 pts · 1y
Don’t forget how free you are to have your entire personal and professional life upended on false charges while waiting in a gulag on the other side of the equator (not necessarily the case with Khalil re: CECOT but even so). God, freedom tastes so good!
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 1y
Technically CECOT is on the same side of the equator as the US--unless you meant somewhere else.
Kirp123@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
Just hope you don't have children or other dependents you're supporting in those 3 months you can't work. Or have to pay rent.
ooterness@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
So he's actually being released, right?
And all the other people abducted without a trial?
catloaf@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 1y
And compensated for the harm?
Zagam@piefed.social · 3 pts · 1y
Maybe. Is he still brown though? Because, well, uh... Yeah.
Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
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While the conditions that led to him missing his son’s birth were absolutely cruel and unnecessary, I am glad the family is reunited. A better outcome than for may, unfortunately
notsure@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y
...thank fucking god it is on record....
Pistcow@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y