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Second Circuit amends Stewart sentencing ruling to suggest need for longer sentence

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this New York Law Journal article, which is headlined "Amended Ruling Could Mean Tougher Term for Disbarred Terror Case Lawyer," the Second Circuit has tweaked its recent ruling in the Lynne Stewart case to suggest even more strongly that a longer prison term may be required.  Here is the NYLJ report: The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals released an amended opinion on the resentencing of Lynne Stewart on Wednesday, adding language that appears to require Judge John Koeltl to consider a much longer sentence for the disbarred lawyer.  The circuit had ruled on Nov. 17 that the 28-month sentence Koeltl gave Stewart for helping imprisoned Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman pass messages to his followers in an alleged terror group in Egypt was too low...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 24, 2009 (boomark / email).