Lawyers Band Together to Back Lynne Stewart
Circling the Legal Wagons in today's Los Angeles Times explains why so many criminal defense lawyers are supporting Lynne Stewart, the 62 year old New York lawyer whose conversations with her client, the blind Sheik Abdel Rahman, serving a 65 year sentence for conspiring to blow up New York landmarks, were recorded by prison officials during their attorney-client visits.
Stewart has been charged with conspiring to aid terrorists, lying and breaking an agreement with the Bureau of Prisons.
She is being represented by legendary lawyer and law school dean Michael Tigar, who recently defended Terry Nichols in the Oklahoma City Bombing trial.
Monitoring attorney-client conversations in jail is one of the unacceptable practices instituted by Ashcroft after September 11. Here's all the reasons why.
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