Lynne Stewart: Not the Terrorist Ashcroft Said She Was
Here is the 77 page opinion dismissing the terrorism counts against New York lawyer Lynne Stewart. Civil Liberties expert Elaine Cassal provides her take on the decision. She begins,
John Ashcroft must be tearing out his primly coiffed hair about now. On July 21, Federal District Judge John G. Koeltl (Southern District of New York) dismissed the terrorist charges against New York attorney Lynne Stewart. In a 77-page opinion, Judge Koeltl agreed with famed civil rights attorney Michael Tigar's argument that the anti-terrorist act under which she was charged was overly vague as applied to attorney speech and conduct related to client representation.
Here are the details of the Lynne Stewart case. Our coverage of the case is here. Here's one of the reasons we think the case is chilling.
In Counterpunch, David Lindorff writes Ashcroft Rebuked: Lynne Stewart's Big Win
The National Law Journal provides this in-depth analysis of the Judge's decision.
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