New Yorker paroled after 15 years in Peru prisons
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 02:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Lori Berenson was convicted of aiding leftist rebels but denied wrongdoing. Court papers now say she "recognized she committed errors." She must remain in Peru till November 2015. A judge granted parole Tuesday to Lori Berenson, the 40-year-old New York activist who has spent 15 years in Peruvian prisons on a conviction of aiding leftist rebels.