Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova is granted bail but remains in custody on a smuggling charge

A federal judge granted bail Wednesday to Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova, who has spent more than three months in custody after failing to declare frog embryos upon arriving in the United States.

U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss in Vermont said that Petrova's continued detention by immigration authorities was unjustified and that it raised serious legal concerns about the government’s actions.