[wardaddy]

Lori was actually tried and convicted of treason and then several years later that verdict was nullified by a higher court. She still of course languishes (quite rightly in my view) on terrorism charges. The nullification was not based on the charge but rather the circumstances of her "trial". Why the terrorism conviction was not nullified as well considering it was the same trial is beyond me...we are talking about Peru here..LOL....I would assume she is political capital to be traded for humanitarianism reasons at some point down the road.

I think I meant almost the same thing on Brown except that I think the Buchanan government was quite willing to be rid of him. Otherwise why did they send Federal troops to Harper's Ferry?

[Aurelius]

"She still of course languishes (quite rightly in my view) on terrorism charges."

Thoroughly agree on the appropriateness of her incarceration. I've been by her prison, going by bus from Puno on the west coast of Lake Titicaca to the airport at Juliaca to the north. The reported harshness of the climate strikes me as a bit overblown. We were in Puno in August, which is like our February, and a light jacket is all that was needed, even after dark. Of course Puno is on the lake and protected by rapidly rising land on the shore side, while the prison is at higher altitude and on a plain - the lake is at about 13,000'.