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Lori Berenson Moved to New Jail Due to Complicated Pregnancy

HeadlineJan 12, 2009

The Peruvian government has moved US activist Lori Berenson to a prison in Lima to get healthcare during a complicated pregnancy. Berenson has been imprisoned since 1995. She was convicted of secondary accomplice to collaboration to terrorism. She was first sentenced to life in prison, then she was sentenced to twenty years. She has denied the charges against her. She could be paroled as early as 2010.

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