Sentence Is Sharply Increased for Lawyer Convicted of Aiding Terror

[Freddie Stubbs]

By JOHN ELIGON

A federal judge on Thursday increased the sentence of Lynne F. Stewart, a disbarred lawyer convicted of assisting terrorism, to 10 years — nearly five times as long as her original sentence.

An appeals court had ordered the judge, John G. Koeltl of Federal District Court in Manhattan, to resentence Ms. Stewart after it deemed his first sentence, of 28 months, too light.

Judge Koeltl, after speaking for about 45 minutes about the considerations he had made, the legal sentencing guidelines and the facts of the case, ordered Ms. Stewart to serve 120 months.

A collective gasp went up from Ms. Stewart’s supporters, who packed the broad, high-ceilinged courtroom. That was followed by a few shrieks and sobs; some held their hands over their mouths.

more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/nyregion/16stewart.html?_r=2&ref=us&pagewanted=print

[maxsolomon]

1. she's getting the shaft

this was a Bush vendetta, like Seligmann.

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. Bush had a vendetta against people who aided terrorists?

[EFerrari]

3. Bush hated anyone cutting in on his action.

[maxsolomon]

4. she was never a Jihadi

she was a lawyer who crossed the DoJ in a way the Bush Administration didn't appreciate. maybe naive, maybe not fully cognizant of the import of her actions, but she was never TRYING to aid terror networks.

we freed known Jihadis from Guantanamo who are now openly fighting in Yemen, and she goes to jail for 10 years? in what way is her sentence fair punishment? in what way does it serve as a deterrent?