Leftist Lawyer Only Gets 28 Months

Although the government was seeking 30 years radical lawyer Lynne Stewart was sentenced to 28 months in federal prison today after being convicted of materially aiding terrorism last year. Ms. Stewart was the attorney for the infamous “blind sheik” Omar Abdel-Rahman, when she essentially acted as a mob lawyer who was passing on directions for hits. She had taken the case under unusual terms that she had clearly agreed to; among other things her discussions with her client were taped and listened to by the government. Ms. Stewart used her position to attempt to talk louder and over conversations between her client and others so that the government recorder would not be able to discern what was being transmitted in Arabic. She also passed on a message from her client during a press conference; that public revelation was in direct violation of the order that she had signed when she agreed to help her terrorist client.