• Lynne Stewart

    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

    Remember the FLAP?

    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.