Lynne Stewart. NSNBC
Ailing Lawyer In Terrorism Case Loses Bid For Early Prison Release -- Reuters
(Reuters) - A former New York lawyer convicted of helping a jailed Egyptian militant cleric smuggle messages out of prison lost her bid on Friday to be released from prison because she is suffering from terminal cancer.
Lynne Stewart, 73, is three years into a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted of aiding her client, blind cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted in 1995 of conspiring to attack the United Nations and other New York City landmarks.
Stewart, known for her advocacy of left-wing causes, is suffering from stage IV breast cancer and asked that her sentence be vacated or modified to time-served.
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My Comment: In a case like this compassion is usually the rule .... but she has shown no remorse for her crimes .... and as a result she has not received the sympathetic hearing that she probably expected. But I still expect her to be released near the end of her life.
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