Twelve people arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas at Dallas last year enrolled in a Collin County pretrial diversion program, court records show.

The program gives the arrestees an alternative to trial that could lead to the expunction of their misdemeanor charges for allegedly constructing an illegal encampment on campus. Five participants were students at the time of their arrests, five were alumni and two were not connected with the school.

Two other defendants, who were also students at the time, have pending applications.

UTD Faculty Solidarity, an anonymous support group for those arrested, called the county's choice to bring the indictments "legal aggression" in a news release Friday.

"These students and community members are now undergoing

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