Charges dismissed against 27 arrested student protesters, 13 to continue legal battle

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27 students charged with criminal trespassing for not vacating the pro-divestment encampment in April will pay $90 fines after a judge agreed this morning to lower their charges to simple trespass infractions, while one international student was given 40 hours of community service. Another 13 will return to court on Dec. 4 to continue to fight misdemeanor charges.

41 total Yale students were scheduled to appear in the New Haven Superior Court on Thursday morning six months after their arrests during the pro-Palestinian encampment on Yale’s campus at the end of the spring semester…

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