Caught in the Crossfire
This book movingly describes what must be the nightmare of every mother of a child who cares about justice. Lori Berenson, in Peru because she cares about the poor, was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. If Lori were a CEO wanted because she had poisoned the landscape, the United States government would have shielded her from this fate. Witness Warren Anderson, CEO of Union Carbide, sentenced to death in absentia in India for his role in the Bhopal disaster that killed tens of thousands: the United States shields him. But Lori's fate, heartwrenchingly described in this fastreading book, has been vastly different, as has the response of the US government. We can only hope that this book will help to improve Lori's conditions, or even set her free. If any book can do that, this one can.