Attorney Lynne Stewart Who Helped Egyptian Sheik Resentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Lynne Stewart speaks to friends after leaving the courthouse in New York City September 1, 2005. Stewart, a New York attorney convicted of aiding terrorism by helping a client smuggle messages to militant followers, was sentenced to 28 months in prison on Monday
Well, Lynne Stewart was resentenced yesterday to ten years in prison.
A judge had resentenced a 70-year-old civil rights lawyer to 10 years in prison for letting a jailed Egyptian sheik communicate with his radical followers.
Federal Judge John Koeltl sentenced Lynne Stewart in Manhattan after she pleaded with him to reimpose the two-year, four-month sentence he had originally given her in 2006. She said she has been diminished since her November imprisonment.
An appeals court had ordered a new sentencing, saying the judge needed to consider whether she committed perjury. Koeltl says she did and he says she lacked remorse after her first sentencing.
Bye Bye Lynne – have fun cuddling with Lady Bubba.
2 Comments
Beth Mahoney
They should have given her the electric chair..
Bonnie Ida
Please remember that the Blind Sheik wasn’t convicted of DOING anything. Conspiracy is not a smoking gun. As far as Lynne helping him contact his defunct organization, you would not doubt that it was purely out of compassion if you knew Lynne or anything about the kind of person she is. If you think her behavior was misguided, okay, but since when does her “death sentence” or your electric chair option serve any purpose or match the insignificance of her “crime”? Lynne Stewart has lived an impeccably heroic life. If you were the judge, you could give her a little slack.