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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.