by WBAI’s Building Bridges,
July 15, 2010 – Seventy-year old attorney Lynne Stewart, was resentenced to ten years in prison by Manhattan District Court Judge John Koeltl, after an appeals court ruled that her original twenty-eight month prison term was too light. As the 120 month sentence was pronounced, attorney Stewart’s supporters, who packed the large overflow courtroom gasped in disbelief and dismay, sobs were audible.
Attorney Stewart, visibly shaken, rose slowly “I’m somewhat stunned, Judge, by the swift change in my outlook,” she said. “We will continue to struggle on to take all available options to do what we need to do to change this.”
She added: “I feel like I let a lot of my good people down,” to which her numerous supporters responded by calling out their belief in her and pledged ongoing support. The sentence was the latest grim chapter where the government has used attorney Stewart to send a chilling message to the legal community to be wary of representation of defendants whose views it disdains.
For the audio of the Building Bridges report with excerpts of the reactions to the resentencing with Stewart’s attorney, family and supporters – who vow to intensify their efforts to Free Lynne Stewart, go to http://buildingbridgesradio.blogspot.com/2010/07/lynne-stewarts-persecution-28-minutes.html
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