Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 19:27:50 -0500 (EST) From: "Liam R.Flynn" <trinity-AT-hot-shot.com> Subject: M-G: terrorist appeal > 12/06/97 15:29 US prisoner Lori Berenson deserves no new trial: > Peruvian official LIMA. An influential Peruvian lawmaker argued > Saturday US legislators were off base in asking for an appeal for > convicted terrorist Lori Berenson, a New Yorker serving a life term > in a top-security prison. Berenson, 27, "has been convicted under > national anti-terrorism laws. No other country can interfere now," > said Daniel Espichan, a ruling party deputy and former prosecutor in > terrorism cases. Local press reports have said members of the US > Congress asked the State Department to put pressure on Peruvian > authorities to grant Berenson a new trial after her 1996 sentencing > by an anonymous judge. Berenson was arrested in December 1995 during > a police raid on a safe house operated by rebels from the left-wing > Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).{AFP} Liam R.Flynn liam-AT-stones.com ICQ*5031073 NEC/EUROPE/INTERNET*WIRELESS SERVICE//// Internet Wireless Broadcast/to=liam-AT-stones.com [information&internet:without a modem] --- from list marxism-general-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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