Lori Berenson can get on with her life after a Peruvian appeals court rejected a bid to put her back behind bars.
Berenson, 41, a former New Yorker, was paroled in May after being convicted in 1996 of having collaborated with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, which the government deemed a terrorist organization. Her case became a cause celebre amid allegations she received an unfair trial.
A prosecutor had sought to revoke her parole, but the three-judge panel’s findings mean Berenson is free and clear. Under the parole’s terms, she must remain in the country through November 2015.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
