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by Nikolas Stein
Email: contactnlgchicago (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified!)
Phone: 312-913-0039
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08 Feb 2006
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Lynne Stewart Speak Out in Chicago, Sat. 2-18-06, 1-3 p.m., DePaul law school |
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Students, activists, and members of the Urbana-Champaign community are invited to join the National Lawyers Guild in Chicago on Saturday, February 18, for a “Day of Outrage” on the upcoming sentencing of attorney Lynne Stewart.
The event features NYC attorney and talk-radio host Michael Smith, “the angriest lawyer on the radio!”
Michael Smith, Esq., Lynne Smith Defense Committee, NYC
“You Can’t Tell Lawyers How to Do Their Job”
Saturday, February 18, 2006
1 p.m. SHARP! till 3 p.m.
DePaul University College of Law
Downtown Loop Campus
25 E. Jackson Blvd. — Classroom 803
Lynne Stewart, age 66, mother of 3, step mom of 4, and grandmother of 7, was a children’s librarian before becoming an attorney. Since 1975, while showing that an “older” woman could go back to school, change careers, and be successful, Lynne has also lived up to the ethical canon of her profession: To provide competent, zealous representation to all her clients, regardless of how unpopular they were.
She did such a good job that the New York bar honored her as criminal defense attorney of the year.
She and famous former attorney general Ramsey Clark represented Omar Abdel Rahman, the so-called “Blind Sheik,” who was convicted of plotting to blow up New York landmarks. They visited him in jail many times. They followed well-settled benchmarks of competent representation in high-profile cases. They tried to put their case forward in public.
Long after trial, after the infamous 2000 presidential election, the government indicted Lynne — but not Clark — for conspiracy, providing material support to terrorists, and defrauding the U.S. government. Attorney general John Ashcroft flew to NYC to brag about the indictment.
Clark testified at Lynne’s trial, “I don’t know of anything that Lynne did that I didn’t do.”
The National Conference of Black Lawyers called it a “legal lynching,” but Lynne was convicted on all counts. Her sentencing is March 10, 2006. She’s looking at 35 to 45 years.
Check out:
http://www.lynnestewart.org/
http://www.nlgchicago.org/
contactnlgchicago (at) yahoo.com
NLG Chicago: 312-913-0039 |
See also:
http://www.nlgchicago.org
http://www.lynnestewart.org
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