Lynne Stewart
Lawyer, Person or entity appearing in film
1939 –
Who is Lynne Stewart?
Lynne Irene Stewart is a former attorney who was known for representing controversial, poor, and often unpopular defendants. She was convicted on charges of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists in 2005, and sentenced to 28 months in prison. Her felony conviction led to her being automatically disbarred. She was convicted of helping pass messages from her client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric convicted of planning terror attacks, to his followers in al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, an organization designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States Secretary of State.
She was re-sentenced on July 15, 2010, to 10 years in prison in light of her alleged perjury at her trial. She is currently serving her sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell, a federal prison near Fort Worth, Texas.
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- Born
- Oct 8, 1939
Brooklyn - Also known as
- Lynne Irene Stewart
- Parents
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Rutgers University
- Rutgers School of Law-Newark
- Wagner College
- American University
- Hope College
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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