Dying Lawyer Convicted Of Aiding Terrorism Leaves Prison

From Ann Althouse's Blog:

Lynne Stewart, 74, released because she has, doctors say, less than 18 months to live.

In 2005, Stewart was convicted of helping blind Egyptian cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman communicate with followers while he was serving a life sentence for plotting to blow up landmarks in New York City....

She was not scheduled to be released until 2018.

Remember, the blind cleric was one of the leaders, who planned the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center Building.

More here:

Ms. Stewart, in a 12-page handwritten letter to the judge during the summer, said she did not want to die in prison, “a strange and loveless place,” as she put it. “I want to be where all is familiar — in a word, home.”

Stewart’s allies said she should be released from prison because she’s suffering from cancer and is expected to die in 18 months. The nearly 3,000 Americans, who were either burned to death, were crushed by steel and concrete debris, or leapt out of the Twin Towers during the September 11 attacks were not available for comment.

How could the Obama Justice Department support this?

Remember the Libyan Bomber responsible for the Lockerbie Crash? He was released for "compassionate" reasons because he had only a few weeks to live. He was welcomed in Libya as a hero and lived for months.

Stewart has never been apologetic about her conviction, if anything she has been defiant. She should rot and die in jail.