40 only had two hours to study it and prepare arguments;83 he was not allowed to speak freely and in private to his client;84 he was only allowed a few minutes for the oral defense;85 some of the proceedings in the military criminal trial were not notified to the defense lawyer;86 and he had difficulty in accessing the evidence and contesting it.87 88(28) On January 8, 1996, the Peruvian Police presented Lori Berenson to the media, and she was not given the opportunity to consult her defense lawyer.88 88(29) The video of the presentation to the media of January 8, 1996, was offered by the Prosecutor of the Special Military Court as evidence “that confirm[ed] without doubt, [the alleged victim’s] express acknowledgement of her “membership” in a subversive group.89 The alleged victim’s defense lawyer contested this presentation, because he considered it “an open violation of procedural norms.”90 83 Cf. brief with arguments in defense of the alleged victim submitted to the Special Military Supreme Court on March 11, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 4, folios 5221 to 5231); and report on the hearing of the procedural parties in file 032-TP-95 addressed to the Army’s Special Military Judge on January 4, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folio 4752). 84 Cf. jurisdictional plea by the Special Military Examining Judge in relation to the case against Lori Berenson submitted by her defense lawyer on December 17, 1995 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 2, folio 4122); and testimonial statement made by Lori Berenson before notary public on March 30, 2004 (affidavits and comments file, folios 9811 to 9823). 85 Cf. brief with the request of the alleged victim’s defense lawyer to provide oral information to the Military Court submitted to the Special Military Judge on January 4, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folio 4799); record attesting to the alleged victim’s lawyer speaking before the Special Military Court on January 19, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folio 4874); record attesting to the alleged victim’s lawyer speaking before the Special Military Court on January 25, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folio 4981); and record attesting to the alleged victim’s lawyer speaking before the Special Military Court on March 12, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 4, folio 5237). 86 Cf. brief with arguments in defense of the alleged victim submitted to the Special Military Judge on January 5, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folios 4760 to 4763); brief requesting the annulment of the judgment of January 17, 1996, filed by the alleged victim’s defense lawyer before the Army’s Special Military Court on January 19, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folios 4880 to 4884); and brief of the alleged victim’s defense lawyer of January 24, 1996, addressed to the President of the Army’s Special Court (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folio 4959). 87 Cf. testimonial statement made by Lori Berenson before notary public on March 30, 2004 (affidavits and comments file, folios 9811 to 9823); and brief with arguments in defense of the alleged victim submitted to the Special Supreme Military Tribunal on March 11, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 4, folio 5221 to 5231). 88 Cf. video of the “Lori Berenson case, May 7, 2001 (1)” (file of probative evidence provided by the State, appendix 2, comprising 58 videos); and testimonial statement made by Lori Berenson before notary public on March 30, 2004 (affidavits and comments file, folio 9815). 89 Cf. brief submitted by the Public Prosecutor responsible for Judicial Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior to the Army’s Special Military Judge on January 9, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folio 4797). 90 Cf. brief submitted by the alleged victim’s lawyer to the Army’s Special Military Judge for the Zone on January 9, 1996 (file of appendixes to the application, tome 6, folio 2075; and file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folio 4795).