56 88(59) On May 4, 2001, the National Terrorism Chamber declared inadmissible the objection formulated by the alleged victim’s lawyer to the President of this Chamber,179 because this had been “filed during the continuation of the public hearing No. 19[, when] the objection should have been filed up to three days before the date of the hearing,” in accordance with Article 40 of the Peruvian Code of Criminal Procedure. The same day, the alleged victim’s defense lawyer filed an appeal for annulment of the National Terrorism Chamber’s decision.180 88(60) On June 1, 2001, the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Peru declared that it could not annul the decision issued by the National Terrorism Chamber on May 4, 2001, and appealed by the alleged victim’s defense lawyer.181 88(61) On June 20, 2001, the document entitled “Cuestiones de hecho planteadas, discutidas y votadas en el proceso penal seguido contra la acusada Lori Helene Berenson Mejía, por el delito de terrorismo en agravio del Estado” [Facts alleged, discussed and voted in the criminal proceeding against the defendant, Lori Helene Berenson Mejía, for the crime of terrorism against the State] was read during the public hearing.182 The sentence convicting the alleged victim was read during the same hearing.183 88(62) The National Terrorism Chamber’s judgment of June 20, 2001, convicting Lori Berenson, declared that the objections raised by the parties to several documents offered as evidence during the oral proceeding were inadmissible.184 In the case of the police investigation report, a document contested by the alleged victim’s defense lawyers, it stated: evidence provided by the State, tome 11, folios 8874 to 8912); and brief with the conclusions of Lori Berenson’s defense lawyer of June 11, 2001 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 11, folios 8913 to 8924). 178 Cf. objection to the President of the National Chamber of Criminal Organizations and Groups raised by the alleged victim’s defense lawyer in the oral proceeding during the hearing of May 2, 2001 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 9, folio 8227). 179 Cf. decision issued by the National Chamber of Criminal Organizations and Groups on May 4, 2001 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 10, folios 8412 to 8416). 180 Cf. record of the hearing of May 4, 2001, in the trial against Lori Berenson before the National Chamber of Criminal Organizations and Groups in file No. 154-2000 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 10, folio 8434). 181 Cf. order issued by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Peru on June 1, 2001 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 10, folio 8739). 182 Cf. document entitled “Cuestiones de hecho planteadas, discutidas y votadas en el proceso penal seguido contra la acusada Lori Helene Berenson Mejía, por el delito de terrorismo en agravio del Estado” issued by the National Chamber of Criminal Organizations and Groups on June 20, 2001 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 11, folios 8956 to 8965); and Article 283 of Peruvian Code of Criminal Procedure (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 12, appendix 5, folios 9174 to 9342). 183 Cf. record of the hearing of June 20, 2001, in the trial against Lori Berenson before the National Chamber of Criminal Organizations and Groups in file No. 154-2000 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 11, folios 9057 to 9061); and video entitled “Lori Berenson case. June 20, 2001 (1)” (file of probative evidence provided by the State, appendix 2, consisting of 58 videos). 184 Cf. judgment handed down by the National Chamber of Criminal Organizations and Groups on June 20, 2000 (file of appendixes to the application, tome 2, appendix 23, folios 662 to 739; and file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 11, folios 8967 to 9045).

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