Lynne Feltham Stewart (born October 8, 1939) is an American radical activist. As an attorney she represented controversial, radical and often unpopular defendants.
In 2005, Stewart was convicted on charges of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists and sentenced to 28 months in prison. Her felony conviction led to her being automatically disbarred. She was convicted of helping pass messages from her client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahma...
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Lynne Feltham Stewart (born October 8, 1939) is an American radical activist. As an attorney she represented controversial, radical and often unpopular defendants.
In 2005, Stewart was convicted on charges of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists and sentenced to 28 months in prison. Her felony conviction led to her being automatically disbarred. She was convicted of helping pass messages from her client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric convicted of planning terror attacks, to his followers in al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, an organization designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States Secretary of State.
Stewart was educated at Hope College, American University, and graduated with a B.A. in political science from Wagner College. She received a Masters in Library Science from Pratt Institute and a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law-Newark.
Stewart was convicted of providing material support (through a press conference and allowing access by...
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