Lynne Stewart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lynne Stewart

American lawyer

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1939

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 07-Mar-2017

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Lynne Stewart

  • Lynne Irene Stewart (October 8, 1939 – March 7, 2017) was an American defense attorney who was known for representing controversial, famous defendants.
  • She herself 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 perjury at trial.
  • She served her sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell, a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas.Stewart was released from prison on December 31, 2013 on a compassionate release order because of her terminal breast cancer diagnosis.

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