Posted on 02/10/2005 3:24:31 PM PST by TexasCowboy
NEW YORK - A veteran civil rights lawyer was convicted Thursday of crossing the line by smuggling messages of violence from one of her jailed clients — a radical Egyptian sheik — to his terrorist disciples on the outside.
The jury deliberated 13 days over the past month before convicting Lynne Stewart, 65, a firebrand, left-wing activist known for representing radicals and revolutionaries in her 30 years on the New York legal scene.
Stewart slumped in her chair as the verdict was read, shaking her head and later wiping tears from her eyes. Her supporters gasped upon hearing the conviction, and about two dozen of them followed her out of court, chanting, "Hands off Lynne Stewart!"
She vowed to appeal and blamed the conviction on evidence that included videotape of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) urging support for her client. The defense protested the bin Laden evidence, and the judge warned jurors that the case did not involve the events of Sept. 11.
"When you put Osama bin Laden in a courtroom and ask the jury to ignore it, you're asking a lot," she said. "I know I committed no crime. I know what I did was right."
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The anonymous jury also convicted a U.S. postal worker, Ahmed Abdel Sattar, of plotting to "kill and kidnap persons in a foreign country" by publishing an edict urging the killing of Jews and their supporters. A third defendant, Arabic interpreter Mohamed Yousry, was convicted of providing material support to terrorists. Sattar could face life in prison and Yousry up to 20 years
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Yahoooooooo...
Maybe they have a nice cell in the arabic speaking section of the federal pen so she can be with her friends.
This woman is an enemy of America
It's unbelievable to me that there are people in our society who actually promote the killing of American citizens.
And the difference between her and Kerry is?
If you need to get your hackles up to spur your appetite for dinner, read this whole article.
She's got a big, ugly mole on her cheek.
And why isn't Ramsey Clarke in the same boat? He did the same thing (that's what she said).
Appetite for Dinner? You had to go and post the photo didn't you?
As the worm turns,, may grammy stewart rot in a hole ,,
If true, it's only fitting that bin ladin was the straw that swayed the jury, at least in her opinion.
maybe the New York juros remember 9/11, she obviously could careless about those folks that died on that fateful day.
She is as complicit as any for those acts of that day, imo.
She doesn't have a manservant to make her PBJs.
Good question.
Amen.
I'd love to see this maggot do her time at the Federal ADX in Florence CO along with the Shoebomber and the rest of her buddies. I hear its no picnic there.
Couldn't happen to a better (read "worse") lawyer.
Excuuuuse me, but she is about an ugly sucker. Her looks fits the crime. Throw the bum out!
A little off topic, but did you hear the item that some Gitmo detainees are now complaining they were abused because female prison staff sat on their laps in their underwear to upset them because contact with a female who is not your wife or muslim is a big no-no?
In a follow up item, numerous applicants appeared at the Justice Deparment to be declared Illegal Combatants....
UHHH....I'm in our society. And 'American citizens' like THIS are SERIOUSLY missing the dates with a herd of starving pigs I know of.
"She's got a big, ugly mole on her cheek."
You're right - his is at home.
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