Peruvian court finds Berenson guilty, gives her 20 years.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: June 20, 2001| Author: Hall, Kevin G. | Copyright information

LIMA, Peru _ A Peruvian anti-terrorism court on Wednesday found American Lori Berenson guilty of collaborating with terrorists who were trying to overthrow the government and handed the New Yorker a $28,500 fine and a 20-year prison sentence, starting from the date she entered jail in 1995.

The three-judge civil anti-terrorism court took more than four and half hours to read a verdict against Berenson, ruling that she voluntarily and knowingly collaborated with terrorist...

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