27 the laws that had been criticized so severely by international organizations continued to be enforced in Peru. Judge Ibazeta, who was in charge of Lori Berenson’s trial, had supported Fujimori previously and affirmed that it was “illogical” that the alleged victim should think that she could have a second trial, a civil trial. The prosecutor, who had played the same role during the military trial, sometimes took out documents and allowed the press to photograph them. These were published in the newspaper before Lori Berenson’s lawyers had access to them. She was present for 33 sessions of her daughter’s trial and took note of everything that violated the American Convention. During the trial, her daughter was repeatedly questioned about her beliefs. The prosecutor indicated that the financial statements she had submitted in defense of her daughter were false, because “mothers do this when their daughters are the defendants.” The sentence did not surprise her. The result was exactly as Montesinos had foretold in the 1998 video. For eight years and a half her daughter never had a fair trial in Peru. She has spent a quarter of her life in prison, from 26 to 34 years of age, a period during which she could have done many things. The only way in which justice will be done is if she is liberated immediately. The United States State Department has referred to this case, stating that they would wait for the judgment of the inter-American system and that, when he met with President Toledo, President Bush had said that he was awaiting the response of the Inter-American Court and hoped that the Peruvian Government would take humanitarian considerations into account. b. Testimony of Fausto Humberto Alvarado Dodero, Minister of Justice and member of the Peruvian Congress former He was Minister of Justice of Peru from July 27, 2002, to February 16, 2004. When he made his statement before the Court, he was a member of Congress for the period 2001-2006 and belonged to the congressional Justice and Human Rights Commission. In November 2000, Valentín Paniagua Corazao assumed the presidency owing to the declaration of the moral incompetence of the President of the Republic of Peru at that time, and the subsequent resignation of the Vice Presidents. In January 2001, a few months after he had assumed the presidency, the transition Government re-established civil rights in the sphere of the administration of justice, by allowing the population to have recourse to international bodies; thereby annulling the legislative resolution issued by the previous Government by which Peru withdrew from the jurisdiction of the international courts, specifically the Inter-American Court. During Mr. Paniagua Corazao’s Government, a commission of experts was set up to review the legislation enacted since 1992. The Commission reached important conclusions and produced a report. A “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” was also established, which also produced a report. In July 2001, Alejandro Toledo assumed the presidency and gave this Commission all necessary powers to attain its goals.