U.S. Moves Russian Scientist’s Case to Criminal Court in Boston
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher from Russia who has been fighting deportation proceedings since February, will now face felony smuggling charges in Massachusetts, a federal judge in Louisiana said on Thursday.
ms. Petrova made a brief court appearance Thursday morning via video from a jail in Monroe, La., near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center where she has been held for nearly three months.
During the hearing, Ms. Petrova listened quietly as U.S. Magistrate Judge Kayla D. McClusky read her the criminal complaint in the smuggling case, which носи присъда до 20 години затвор. " Да, разбирам ", сподели тя.
След като юристът й изрази желанието на госпожа Петрова да бъде трансфериран в Масачузетс за по-нататъшно произвеждане, арбитър МакКлуски се съгласи да допусне прехвърлянето назад в Бостън.
