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Conviction of American in Peru Upheld
Awwwwwwwwwwwww. Too bad, so sad for Lori.The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has upheld the conviction of an American woman imprisoned in Peru for terrorist collaboration with Marxist guerrillas, President Alejandro Toledo confirmed Thursday. When asked to comment on news reports of the ruling about Lori Berenson, Toledo told Radioprogramas radio that the court members "have ratified the sentence and I once again salute the court members.It is undoubtedly a great satisfaction and tranquility for Peruvian justice and all Peruvians," Toledo said. Phone calls to Berenson's family in New York City were not answered, and no spokesman for Peru's court system was available to confirm the news reports. Jose Luis Sandoval, Berenson's lawyer in Peru, told The Associated Press that Berenson's legal team had received no notification from the court. The court, which is affiliated with the Organization of American States, last week debated Berenson's appeal and 20-year sentence. Sandoval said the Costa Rica-based court was expected to notify her family and the Peruvian government on Thursday. Berenson, 35, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology dropout, has spent nine years in Peruvian prisons in a case that has wended through Peru's legal system twice so far. She appealed to the Inter-American court as a last resort after Peru's Supreme Court upheld a June 2001 conviction for "terrorist collaboration" in a civilian retrial. So what's her next moonbat move? Her legal team, led by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, argued, among other things, that her trial failed to meet international standards for fairness. Another fine defense job by Ramsey.
I'm a victim of coircumstance, judgey-wudgey! Posted by: tu3031 2004-12-02 |
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