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Lynne Stewart at a news conference in New York City in 2002 (AP/Stephen Chernin)
By Chris Hedges
The Persecution of Lynne Stewart
The Persecution of Lynne Stewart
In 2000, during a visit with the sheik, he asked Stewart to release a statement from him to the press. The Clinton administration did not prosecute her for the press release, but the Bush administration in April 2002, the mood of the country altered by the attacks of 9/11, decided to go after her. She sits in a prison cell at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, where she is serving a 10-year sentence.
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