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January 01, 2014
Obama Admin Gets Judge To Release Radical Leftist Lawyer Lynne Stewart Who Conspired With Jihadist
Judge Orders ‘Compassionate Release’ Of Jailed Former Civil Rights Lawyer
The U.S. government ( OBAMA and his admin.) has asked a New York judge to release a dying former civil rights lawyer who was convicted in a terrorism case from prison.
The government made the request on behalf of Lynne Stewart in a letter to U.S. District Judge John Koeltl on Tuesday. Koeltl has said he cannot release her early without a recommendation for “compassionate release” from prison authorities.
Prosecutors said in their letter that the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons was making the request along with prosecutors. The 74-year-old Stewart is not scheduled for release until August 2018. Prosecutors say she suffers from recurrent stage-four breast cancer.
Stewart has been imprisoned since 2009 after she was convicted of helping a blind Egyptian sheik, Omar Abdel-Rahman, communicate with his followers from prison.
UPDATE:
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) –A federal judge in Manhattan ordered a “compassionate release” Tuesday from prison for a dying former civil rights lawyer.
The U.S. government requested the release earlier in the day for Lynne Stewart, who was convicted in a terrorism case. Prosecutors say Stewart, 74, suffers from recurrent stage-four breast cancer. She was not scheduled to be released until August 2018.
U.S. District Judge John Koeltl had said he could not release her early without a recommendation for from prison authorities. The director of the Bureau of Prisons made the request through Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
“The defendant’s terminal medical condition and very limited life expectancy constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons that warrant the requested reduction” in her prison sentence, Koeltl’s order said.
He said Stewart will be released when her medical condition allows for it and travel arraignments can be made. She has been undergoing treatment in Carswell, Texas.
her lawyer said she’s “elated’” and that Stewart could be let out as early as Tuesday night.
Stewart has been imprisoned since 2009 after she was convicted of helping a blind Egyptian sheik, Omar Abdel-Rahman, communicate with his followers from prison.
Abdel-Rahman was convicted in 1996 of plotting to bomb a number of landmarks in New York City. He was sentenced to life in prison.
If she is released, Stewart would live with her son in Brooklyn, CNN reported.
Wild Thing's comment............
IMO this is treason to want this horrible terrorist lover to be freed.
Posted by Wild Thing at January 1, 2014 02:55 AM
Comments
Another victory for the Jihadists.
Posted by: bobf at January 1, 2014 10:56 AM
When she dies that will leave Henry Waxman as the physically ugliest person in the world.
Posted by: TomR,armed in Texas at January 1, 2014 11:33 AM
