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On the recordSeptember 25, 1997
September 25, 1996, 1 year ago, Jennifer Davis was in Peru. She was arrested on drug charges. She has admitted her guilt and has cooperated with authorities. For this, she has been put in an inhumane prison, has never received her rights under Peruvian law. While she has been there for 1 year, a Russian arrested is in and out in 6 months; a policeman that she put the finger on is in and out in 6 months. This Peruvian Government has refused to consider the sense-of-Congress resolutions passed in both Houses to extend our human rights to this young lady and 24 other Americans. It is time to do something about it.
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Thomas Ewing
Republican · Illinois
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Addressing the treatment of American citizens imprisoned in Peru.

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