[lbo-talk] Lynne Stewart

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In addition the judge said he gave her the relatively
light sentence because of her lifetime of service to
the nation -- except for the silly part where he
stated she had committed a very serious crime, the
sentencing was really sort of an encomium to Lynne. 
Reading it, you think she should be given a prize
instead of a sentence. However, she's quite ill, I
think with cancer; one hopes she survives to have the
2d Cir. throw this obscenity out instead of having it
vacated a la Ken Lay. (If you die before serving your
sentence, it's vacated.) John is right that this whole
proceeding is part of the slide towards a police state
-- elevating the defiance of an administrative gag
order, which would normally get you a contempt
citation at worst, into a federal felony and invading
the attorney-client privilege is extremely alarming
for us all.

--- John Mage <jmage at panix.com> wrote:


> She was just now sentenced to 28 months, the
> government had asked for
> 360. Even more important bail was continued pending
> appeal to the 2nd
> Circuit Cour t of Appeals. There is a substantial
> chance this outrageous
> trial will be thrown out on appeal - for one thing,
> the judge had to
> tell the jury repeatedly that horrendous (like the
> Luxor massacre story)
> evidence they had just heard was not to be
> considered against Lynne
> Stewart, literally hundreds of times. Yet despite
> this relatively
> successful outcome this whole vile proceeding has
> been a major slide
> into the police state night.
> 
> john mage
> 
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