The World : Hasenfus Won’t Appeal

Eugene Hasenfus’ lawyer said the American will not appeal his 30-year prison sentence to the Nicaraguan revolutionary court that convicted him of terrorism and crimes against the state. “I have no case to appeal,” said Enrique Sotelo Borgen, the Nicaraguan lawyer. “His sentence was a planned thing. I think there’s no other way out.” The attorney said a decision on a pardon will be made by the ruling directorate of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and President Daniel Ortega. Hasenfus, of Marinette, Wis., was captured by Sandinista troops Oct. 6, the day after a C-123 cargo plane carrying supplies for U.S.-backed rebels was shot down in southern Nicaragua.