“If you send her to prison, she’s going to die."
Someone remind me where that's our problem? This woman wanted to help a jihadist carry out his murderous plans, and now we're supposed to be concerned she might die?

I think we need to MAKE SURE...

And it should have been longer! Attorney Lynne Stewart was sentenced to 28 months in prison for aiding terrorists.NEW YORK - A firebrand civil rights lawyer who has defended Black Panthers and anti-war radicals was sentenced Monday to nearly 2...

Just because I am not willing to goose-step along behind Bush in his insane war in Iraq, and his efforts to degrade the constitution as well as to question the patriotism of anyone who has doubts about his policies, does not mean I do not take national security seriously.

We don’t give murderers, who ACTUALLY KILL AMERICANS with their own hands, that much time. We don’t even ask for it in most cases.

But Billy doesn't know what he's talking about. A 30 year sentence for murder would not be uncommon. In Illinois, for example, the average murder sentence is about 36 years.

In 26 states, the sentence of life without parole is mandatory for anyone who is found guilty of committing first-degree murder.

Sounds like a traitor to me. And not someone deserving any leniency from the court….

Who are you, and what have you done with anjin-san?

Stewart aided and abetted his terrorist acts after both.

_That's_ why she's going to prison, and deservedly so. She may be a traitor in the moral sense, but trying to stick her with the criminal charge would be like sending the corner pot dealer to Gitmo for siding with our enemies in the "War on Drugs".

Seriously, though, Abdel-Rahman, terrorist though he may be, is basically a criminal, not a leader of a military enemy as Congress has as of yet defined it. Facilitating his communications with other criminals not even within the jurisdiction of the United States is undoubtedly a criminal act in and of itself, but it is neither tantamount to murder (for one thing, it lacks the specific mens rea), nor treason. To assert otherwise is to give thugs like Abdel-Rahman far too much credit.

Seriously, where in those stories are the facts that show she committed treason?

Even your own summation of the facts shows that she knowingly assisted our country's enemies in the transmission of strategic planning advice. Seriously, how is that NOT treason?

Adheres to our enemies? Check.

Gives aid and comfort? Check.

"How's that treason?" Give me a break.

Hopefully, her lawyer is right and any prison sentence at all amounts to a death sentence.

Well, that's a lovely sentiment James.

Per the NYT report:

There was “no evidence that any victim was in fact harmed” by her actions, the judge said. He also cited her long career as a “lawyer to the poor and the unpopular.”

“It is no exaggeration to say that Ms. Stewart performed a public service not only to the court but to the nation,” he said, adding that she did not chose her cases to become wealthy.

Ms. Stewart will be released on bail, pending an appeal that her lawyers are expected to file on her behalf.

In a letter to the judge, Ms. Stewart had proclaimed, "I am not a traitor."

The judge noted that as a result of her conviction 20 months ago, Ms. Stewart lost her license to practice law and that she is banned from having any contact with her former client.

“The occasion for the crimes to be repeated will be nil,” he said.

But in turning down her request for no prison time at all, the judge indicated that she was not without culpability in this case, pointing to what he called “an irreducible core of very severe criminal conduct.”

Civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart will be sentenced in New York for aiding terrorists. Stewart was c...