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Gov’t Trial Against Lynne Stewart Begins

HeadlineJun 23, 2004

The government yesterday opened its case against well known New York attorney Lynne Stewart yesterday alleging that she participated in a conspiracy to illegal help her client, the jailed Sheikh Abdel Rahman, tourge his followers to commit acts of terrorism. Prosecutor Christopher Morvillo said of the blink sheikh “His words and speeches were as dangerous as weapons.” The government accused Stewart and her two co-defendants of essentially carrying out a jailbreak — by breaking the blind sheikh’s message out of jail. Stewart’s attorney Michael Tigar countered saying his client was being prosecuted for carrying out her role as an attorney. He said “In 40 years in this town, Lynne Stewart has been building for justice, not for terrorism.”

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