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FEDS WANT 30 YEARS FOR LYNNE [lawyer for sheik]
Th NY Post ^ | Sept. 5, 2006 | AP

Posted on 09/05/2006 2:01:15 PM PDT by summer

September 5, 2006 -- Seeking a 30-year prison term for terror lawyer Lynne Stewart, prosecutors argued the attorney engaged for more than two years in "extremely dangerous and devious" conduct to help blind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman communicate with followers despite U.S. efforts to silence him.

Stewart's "egregious, flagrant abuse of her profession, abuse that amounted to material support to a terrorist group, deserves to be severely punished," prosecutors wrote...to the Manhattan federal judge who will sentence her next month.

Stewart was convicted in February 2005 of providing material support to terrorists by releasing the statement of her client, Abdel-Rahman, who was imprisoned for life after being convicted of plotting to blow up New York City landmarks.

Her lawyers argued in July that Stewart should receive no prison time. They said a harsh sentence would frighten other skilled lawyers from representing notorious clients and that Stewart's three decades of distinguished work for indigent clients should speak louder than a single serious mistake.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: enemywithin; fifthcolumn; lynnestewart; terroristslawyers; waronterror
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To: summer
I can't imagine she can serve all that time; yet, I think what she did was very wrong.

Then the witch can just die in the slammer, like John Gotti did.

21 posted on 09/05/2006 2:16:06 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: summer

Is this witch in jail waiting sentencing?


22 posted on 09/05/2006 2:18:42 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: EQAndyBuzz

That's a truly ugly, ugly picture.


23 posted on 09/05/2006 2:20:12 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: summer

Would she be housed at Sing Sing?


24 posted on 09/05/2006 2:23:10 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: summer

She is an enemy of America. It's not much more complicated than that.


25 posted on 09/05/2006 2:25:02 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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To: summer

She should be hanged.


26 posted on 09/05/2006 2:25:49 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: summer
"Her lawyers argued in July that Stewart should receive no prison time. They said a harsh sentence would frighten other skilled lawyers from representing notorious clients and that Stewart's three decades of distinguished work for indigent clients should speak louder than a single serious mistake."

That's a winner.

Any competent judge would say,

"That's irrelevant.

"This trial is to address your client's 'mistake.' [LOL]

"Address that OR SIT DOWN."

27 posted on 09/05/2006 2:26:05 PM PDT by sandra_789
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To: summer
I'd say the case should be made for espionage!

Da ceeyaotch aided and abetted enemies plotting to MURDER Americans!

Hang her high, or better yet strip her citizenship, and ship her slime loving lard to Iran!!

28 posted on 09/05/2006 2:42:42 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (I'd rather be carrying a shotgun with Dick, than riding shotgun with a Kennedyl! *-0(:~{>)
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To: summer

Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh!


29 posted on 09/05/2006 2:54:57 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: summer

I'd like to see an exception made in her case. She needs to share a cell with Sheik Omar. And she wont even have to turn the lights out.


30 posted on 09/05/2006 3:10:39 PM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: summer
Image hosted by Photobucket.com jail hell... BURN THE TERRORIST WITCH!!!
31 posted on 09/05/2006 3:17:37 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: summer

Once in a while, one gets a ray of good news...30 years! I doubt that she'll get it, but I'm impressed that they asked for it.

She knew perfectly well that what she was doing was wrong. She did things like cover for her co-conspirator - (the interpreter) - while he received messages in Arabic from the sheik - by making comments about innocuous, nonsense things like chocolates, etc., to confuse listeners and prevent them from being aware of what was really being discussed. It was not only not a mistake, it was planned.


32 posted on 09/05/2006 3:35:43 PM PDT by livius
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To: VOA

Re your post #18 - That was an interesting article. Thanks for the link.


33 posted on 09/05/2006 7:02:57 PM PDT by summer
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