Topic: Lynne Stewart

Egyptian militant's US lawyer sentenced to 10 year term

AFP American Edition - 584 days ago
A 70-year-old US lawyer who represented an Egyptian cleric convicted in New York of terrorism was herself sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for helping her client communicate with his followers.Lynne Stewart, a human rights lawyer, had previously been sentenced ...

NY lawyer in terrorism case gets 10 year sentence

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 584 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York lawyer who helped a terrorism suspect smuggle messages to his followers from prison was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday.Lynne Stewart, 70, has been in prison since November after she was initially sentenced ...

Government seeks tough sentence against NY lawyer

AP News - 584 days ago
NY lawyer who helped relay messages from blind Egyptian sheik could get much longer sentenceA judge was poised to decide whether the government and some fellow judges were right when they said a 70-year-old former civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism ...

NY lawyer in terrorism case faces 30-year sentence

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 585 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge will decide on Thursday whether a New York lawyer convicted of helping a terrorism suspect smuggle messages to his followers from prison should spend 30 years behind bars instead of 28 months.Lynne Stewart, 70 ...

NY court: Consider harsher sentence in terror case

AP News - 788 days ago
NY court that upheld banned lawyer's terror conviction says 2-year sentence seems unreasonableA federal appeals court on Wednesday took a sterner stance toward the upcoming resentencing of a former civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism case, saying it has " serious ...

NY ex-lawyer surrenders to serve prison term

AP News - 822 days ago
Vowing to be jailhouse lawyer, NY ex-lawyer surrenders at federal courthousePromising " you haven't seen the last of me," a 70-year-old disbarred lawyer convicted in a terrorism case surrendered to U.S. marshals Thursday to begin serving her prison term after a ...

Lawyer in terrorism case ordered to prison

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 824 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld on Tuesday a disbarred New York lawyer's conviction on charges of supporting terrorism by helping an imprisoned blind Egyptian cleric smuggle messages to militant followers, ordered her to prison and told a ...