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Lynne Stewart Convicted

  
 
Liger Null
12:43 / 14.02.05
Story here.

Anybody have an opinion on this?
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
12:49 / 14.02.05
Could you tell us a bit more about the case? It's hard to tell exactly what happened from that article.
 
 
Liger Null
13:19 / 14.02.05
Yeah, that article is pretty skimpy, here's a more detailed one.

Not being a lawyer or anything, I don't know a whole lot about the complex processes involved with this case myself. I was hoping that someone out there would have a bit more insight on this issue than I do.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
17:39 / 15.02.05
Sorry, I know very little about this woman or her case. My initial instinct is to take her side, but that's fairly obviously just a knee-jerk response on my part.
I'll definitely start following this one, though- if she IS innocent, this is pretty bad shit...
 
 
Mr Tricks
22:50 / 18.02.05
I've been following this for a while. Listening to her interview and such.

A key point that often seems to be overlooked is that Lynne Stewart was initially accused of breaking an Administrative procedure. This was not even a Law and was still a "rule" that flies in the face of the 1st amendment.

Ms. Stewart has a long carreer as a sort of activist Lawyer and these seems to be little more than a means of scarring other lawyers into not speaking out against the many many many unconstitutional stances the current U.S. governement loves to take.
Even though the Judge rulled it as having no baring on her trial the prosecution played footage of Osama Bin Laden effectively scaring the jury into handing a guilty verdict.

It's tragic and unjust. Coupled with the recent goings on with WARD CHURCHILL this seems very much like witch hunting season.
 
 
Mr Tricks
22:59 / 18.02.05
Here's a recent radio interview you can download

    Jury Says Lynne Stewart Guilty
    The jury is in for the lawyer charged with aiding a terrorist when she gave a press conference about the case of her client in New York City. The anonymous jury decided that Lynne Stewart is guilty. Stewart, a civil rights attorney for 30 years and known for her representation of the destitute, now faces up to 20 years in prison. The verdict has sent an ominous chill out to defense attorneys who might represent people marked by the government as terrorists. Prosecutors characterized the 65 year old Stewart as a zealous advocate, charging her with giving material support to terrorists and defrauding the U.S. government. Stewart has always said if she looses in this phase she plans to appeal.


source: Free Speach Radio News
 
  
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