Dying defense lawyer Lynne Stewart ordered released

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Dying defense lawyer Lynne Stewart ordered released

By Ray Sanchez, CNN
January 1, 2014 -- Updated 0019 GMT (0819 HKT)

(CNN) -- A federal judge ordered the "compassionate release" Tuesday of a former defense lawyer imprisoned for aiding a convicted terrorist's communication from prison to his terrorist group.

U.S. District Judge John Koeltl granted a motion filed by federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reduce the sentence of outspoken lawyer Lynne Stewart, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2010.

Stewart's "terminal medical condition and very limited life expectancy constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons that warrant the requested reduction," Koeltl wrote in his order.

"...It is further ordered that the defendant shall be released from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons as soon as her medical condition permits, the release plan is implemented and travel arrangements can be made."

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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/31/justice/lynne-stewart-compassionate-release/

[Egalitarian Thug]

1. K&R for compassion. n/t

[Mnemosyne]

2. K&R, because it matters. nt

[SoCalDem]

3. If she's set free, it will be because the prison does not want to have to pay for her care

I look for many "compassionate releases" as the prison population continues to age.. The for-profit model will not allow for spending huge sums of money in the declining years.. The "money" is in the youthful offenders segments.

PBS did a documentary a while back about what a life sentence means to a prison when there are very old/infirm prisoners..It was something else..

[cyclezealot]

7. that's about the size of it.

[msanthrope]

4. Good. She did the wrong thing, but she deserves compassion. I wish her a safe passage. nt

[cyclezealot]

5. wrong.

She deserves the Metal of Freedom award.

[Lucky Luciano]

6. You forgot the sarcasm tag. nt

[cyclezealot]

10. nice to realize you endorse

John Ashcroft's unconstitutional intrusion into Client-attorney relationships with illegal wiretaps.

http://lynnestewart.org/casselarticle.html

[Lucky Luciano]

12. She may have been caught the wrong way,

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but she is still scum and certainly not deserving of any medals.

[msanthrope]

11. No...she really doesn't. She is a disgrace to my profession. But she deserves compassion. nt

[El_Johns]

8. K&R

[vanlassie]

9. Pretty Goddamn late. Disgusting.