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Peru high court upholds Fujimori abuse of authority prison sentence Brett Murphy at 10:07 AM ET [JURIST] The Supreme Court of Peru on Tuesday upheld a prison sentence [JURIST report] for former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], who was convicted late last year on charges of abuse of authority for ordering a warrantless search of the apartment of the wife of former Peruvian Intelligence Director Vladimiro Montesino [BBC profile]. The high court also upheld a $135,000 fine for rights violations that occurred during the search. Link | 
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