Felony charges against two pro-Palestinian protesters who were arrested on Xavier University’s campus over the weekend have been ignored by a grand jury, according to an update to court documents on the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts website. Sophia “Soup” Dempsey, an XU student, and XU alum Julia Lankisch, both 22, faced felony “conspiracy while wearing a disguise” charges stemming from a May 11 arrest for a non-violent pro-Palestinian demonstration outside XU’s Cintas Center. The two were slated to go before a grand jury on May 28, but court documents show a grand jury had already ignored the charges just hours after they had been arraigned on May 13.
Felony Disguise Charges Dropped Against Xavier Pro-Palestinian Protesters
