For news and updates from the Committee to Free Lori Berenson, Lori’s friends and supporters, go to the Free Lori website: www.freelori.org
CNN story from November 9, 2010: here. Lori is free. Though, there may be another appeal.
(excerpt from) Newsday
Ex-activist Lori Berenson granted parole in Peru
November 5, 2010 10:25 PM
A former New York activist imprisoned for 15 years in Peru for aiding a left-wing rebel group was granted parole for a second time Friday.
Lori Berenson, 40, showed no emotion as the decision was read in a Peruvian court. But her mother, Rhoda Berenson, of Manhattan, said she spoke to her daughter briefly Friday and reported her daughter was very happy with the court’s ruling.
“Of course she was very, very elated,” Rhoda Berenson said Friday night. “She doesn’t know exactly when she’ll be out because there is paperwork to be done.”…
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