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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