Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, following the spirit of the law, granted the banker conditional release pending trial.

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The judge ordered her to stay in Peru for five years in order to serve out the remaining years of her sentence on conditional release.

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Recently the London Times reported that the Obama Administration supported the conditional release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber convicted in connection with the deaths of 270 people, mostly Americans.

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Moya's release from prison was conditional and technically he's still serving a 20-year sentence for treason that expires in 2023.

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