-Caveat Lector- American May Face Retrial A Peru state prosecutor has recommended that American Lori Berenson, facing a civilian retrial after her 1996 life conviction as a Marxist rebel leader was annulled, be formally charged with "terrorist collaboration," a court official said yesterday. A senior prosecutor will rule on whether to start an open trial or recommend that charges against the 31-year-old from Manhattan, who says she is innocent, be dropped, Javier Llaquemoya said. The collaboration accusations carry a minimum 20-year sentence. In 1996, hooded military judges sentenced Berenson to life in a trial that Amnesty International called a "parody of justice." Civilian courts have in the past imposed lesser sentences of as little as five years for "collaboration." An open trial before a panel of judges could be held around mid-February. Peru does not have a jury system. The recommendations by state prosecutor Maria Peralta came after months of investigation that led to charges that Berenson collaborated with Marxist guerrillas in a foiled plot to storm Peru's Congress. " <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
