William Kenneth Sessions III

Senior District Judge, Vermont

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William Kenneth Sessions III

Senior District Judge, Vermont

What: Ordered the release of Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk from a Louisiana immigration processing facility.  Öztürk was, apparently, guilty of co-authoring an op-ed.

Links: WBUR, VTdigger

Other: “That literally is the case. There is no evidence here … absent consideration of the op-ed… Her continued detention cannot stand.”