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Jan 01, 2014 · Former defense lawyer Lynne Stewart, 74, who's suffering from breast cancer, has been released from a Texas prison. In 2005, Stewart was convicted of helping blind Egyptian cleric Sheik Omar Abdel ...
May 02, 2002 · May 2, 2002 / 5:02 PM / CBS. According to Attorney General John Ashcroft, radical activist attorney Lynne Stewart represents a new face of …
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.
Jan 06, 2015 · Interspersed with these cases flowed a steady stream of run-of-the-mill criminals and lower-profile terrorism defendants: In 2003 Cohen defended a group of North Carolina men accused of smuggling ...
As part of Stewart's defense of Rahman, and her serving for several years on post-conviction issues, she was subject to modified " special administrative measures " which govern communications between suspects and their legal counsel. Stewart had accepted the condition that, in order to be allowed to meet with Abdel Rahman in prison, she would not "use [their] meetings, correspondence, or phone calls with Abdel Rahman to pass messages between third parties (including, but not limited to, the media) and Abdel Rahman". The special administrative measures, or SAMs, were modified in the wake of the September 11th attacks and were designed to prevent communications that could endanger US national security or lead to acts of violence and terrorism.
5. 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.
Cohen was born in 1950 and grew up in Port Chester ( New York) between Greenwich, Conn., and Rye (N.Y.) He was raised by Orthodox Jewish parents and attended Hebrew schools. He ceased practicing Judaism at 14.
In April 2014, Cohen pleaded guilty to obstructing and impeding the Internal Revenue Service and failing to file tax returns, a felony. The conviction resulted in loss of his law license, for which he reapplied after his release from prison. He was charged with receiving cash payments totaling $35,000 that were not reported to the IRS.
But in the heat of a post-9/11 world where everyone was eager to lay blame for the attacks that had rocked the country's sense of stability, mounting a defense for the man who was, at the time, the sole surviving face of the attacks proved daunting.
It isn't yet publicly known how Miriam Siefer will defend the latest terrorism headliner or what emotions she may have about her new case. She did not return phone and e-mail messages seeking comment.