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Lawyer Is Due for Sentencing in Terror Case [Lynn Stewart]
The New York Times ^
| October 16, 2006
| by Julia Preston
Posted on 10/16/2006 2:07:05 AM PDT by aculeus
Lynne F. Stewart, the firebrand lawyer known for defending unsavory criminals, now faces the possibility of living out her life like many of them, in maximum-security lockdown in a federal prison.
Today, 20 months after she was convicted on terror charges, Ms. Stewart and two co-defendants who were convicted of conspiring with her will be sentenced in Federal District Court in Manhattan. Prosecutors, arguing that Ms. Stewart repeatedly flouted the law to aid the violent designs of an imprisoned terrorist client, have asked Judge John G. Koeltl to condemn her to 30 years in prison.
That would be a life sentence for Ms. Stewart, who turned 67 last week. Long an abrasive advocate of anti-government causes, these days she is not defiant. She is mournful about what she said were her failures as a lawyer.
[snip]
She said that she completely misjudged how prosecutors viewed the sheik and the leeway she could take in defending him, as terrorism became an increasing threat to the United States. To me, the sheik was part of the demonized other, she said, part of a continuum with other violent radicals she had defended more successfully, including members of the Weather Underground and the Black Panthers.
She admits that she became too close to the sheik, insisting it was because of his deteriorating health and sanity after years in solitary confinement, not any affinity with his Islamic fundamentalism.
I ignored any warning signs, Ms. Stewart said. I led with my heart instead of my head and thought it would be all right.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: blackpanthers; blindsheikh; clark; georgesoros; judgekoeltl; koeltl; lynnestewart; ramseyclark; secretdove; soros; stewart; weatherunderground
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To: aculeus
Jeez. With that scraggly beard if she put on baseball cap she'd look just like Michael Moore. Yuk.
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:38:34 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(Personal responsibilty; the remedy for PC.)
To: aculeus
TRAITOR!! She should be hung.
42
posted on
10/16/2006 5:51:11 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
("When Cabals Go Kabooms"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
To: piasa
Militant activist Abdurahman Alamoudi, a founder and longtime leader of the American Muslim Council (AMC) who describes himself as a supporter of Hamas and HezbollahLots of players are in Lynne Stewart's closet.
Is Hillary Clinton Hostile to Both Israel and the Truth? Mrs. Clinton's June 30, 2000 Federal Election Commission filing cited Alamoudi's May 25 donation of $1,000 to her war chest. Oddly enough, his occupation is not listed as "American Muslim Council" but "American Museum Council." The Clinton campaign calls this a typo.
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posted on
10/16/2006 6:03:21 AM PDT
by
windchime
(I consider the left one of the fronts on the WOT.)
To: aculeus
Lock Lynn Stewart for life, and dont give her a razor to shave her beard.
44
posted on
10/16/2006 6:31:19 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Yes, I'll take that bet because Hillary will NEVER be President. Or maybe she will, but only after my immigrant tuckus sits in the Oval Office.
To: definitelynotaliberal
You're on. Of course, this is the currency we use.
Remember the immortal words of Joel Chandler Harris, "What is money? It cannot mend a broken heart or restore the portals of a shatter home. It cannot breathe life into the dead dreams of youth. I speak, of course, of Confederate money."
46
posted on
10/16/2006 9:19:17 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The hallmark of a crackpot conspiracy theory is that it expands to include countervailing evidence.)
To: Peach; Mo1
She admits that she became too close to the sheik, insisting it was because of his deteriorating health and sanity after years in solitary confinement, not any affinity with his Islamic fundamentalism. Utter crap ping.
47
posted on
10/16/2006 9:41:31 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Motto of the Democrat party: If we can't rule America, we fully intend to ruin America.)
To: Joe Boucher
Just go to "lynnestewart.org" and tell them how you really feel...
48
posted on
10/16/2006 9:42:49 AM PDT
by
Mashood
To: prairiebreeze
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posted on
10/16/2006 9:51:34 AM PDT
by
Mo1
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To: Mo1
Have you heard anything?..I thought the sentence was to be announced this morning..
50
posted on
10/16/2006 9:58:00 AM PDT
by
ken5050
To: ken5050
Nothing on the wire yet from what I can see
51
posted on
10/16/2006 10:02:38 AM PDT
by
Mo1
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To: Mo1
Hmmmphh..Maybe they are going to wait until 5 eastern time.
To: happinesswithoutpeace
Hmmmphh..Maybe they are going to wait until 5 eastern time. After 3 - after Rush is over in the East.
53
posted on
10/16/2006 10:25:05 AM PDT
by
StopGlobalWhining
(Only 3 1/2-5% of atmospheric CO2 is the result of human activities. 95-96.5% is from natural sources)
To: Mo1
54
posted on
10/16/2006 11:13:09 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Motto of the Democrat party: If we can't rule America, we fully intend to ruin America.)
To: prairiebreeze; Mo1; piasa
Judge sentenced her to 28 MONTHS!....
55
posted on
10/16/2006 11:32:33 AM PDT
by
windchime
(I consider the left one of the fronts on the WOT.)
To: windchime
56
posted on
10/16/2006 11:34:06 AM PDT
by
RodgerD
To: aculeus
Damn 30 years is not enough for this ugly old ignorant American hating broad.
57
posted on
10/16/2006 11:34:25 AM PDT
by
OKIEDOC
(Kalifornia now a certified socialist state reporting to Mexico City for further instructions)
To: windchime
"Judge sentenced her to 28 MONTHS!...."
Is this for real??? Aiding and abetting one of the world's worst terrorist networks gets this leftist terror-loving scumbag hardly a slap on the wrist??? She'll probably serve a lot less than that the way these things usually work..... what an outrage! Lynne Stewart should be hung as a traitor.
58
posted on
10/16/2006 11:34:30 AM PDT
by
Enchante
(There are 3 kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and the Drive-By Media)
To: windchime
To: windchime
28 MONTHS???
You've got to me kidding me... That is an Absolute disgrace!
60
posted on
10/16/2006 11:35:46 AM PDT
by
Mo1
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