Disbarred civil rights lawyer's conviction upheld
Disbarred civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart, convicted four years ago of shuttling messages from imprisoned Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman meant for senior members of an Egypt-based terrorist organization, was ordered to prison Tuesday by a federal appeals panel to begin serving her sentence.
In its ruling, the three-judge panel of the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent Stewart's case back...
