One Bright Spot
Submitted by Robert Meeropol on

Earlier this week I read that Lynne Stewart, the radical lawyer who is serving a ten-year prison for distributing press releases on behalf of a client who was convicted of terrorist conspiracy, had been recommended for compassionate release to the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Lynne, a 73-year-old grandmother is terminally ill with stage IV breast cancer. Later I heard that although the Warden at her prison had recommended this release, the Federal Bureau of Prisons had denied it. I don’t know whether she’ll be granted compassionate release any time soon.