Parole OK’d for Berenson

LIMA, Peru – A Peruvian appeals court rejected a prosecutor’s attempt to revoke the parole of U.S. activist Lori Berenson, who was released in May after serving 15 years for aiding leftist rebels.

Berenson and her attorney said the ruling is final and cannot be appealed by prosecutors, ending eight months of excruciating legal purgatory.

Under her parole, the 41-year-old New Yorker cannot leave Peru until her 20-year sentence ends in 2015 – unless President Alan Garcia decides to commute it.