Good news. Lynne Stewart released from prison.
by digby
By coincidence I wrote about this case just three days ago. And now she's been given a compassionate release:
Lynne Stewart has arrived in New York upon her release from prison Friday after federal Judge John Koeltl ordered her "compassionate release." Watch Thursday’s Democracy Now! for our interview with Stewart, her husband and grandchildren, and her attorney.
Koeltl wrote that "Stewart’s "terminal medical condition and very limited life expectancy constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons that warrant the requested reduction [of her sentence.]... It is further ordered that the defendant shall be released from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons as soon as her medical condition permits, the release plan is implemented and travel arrangements can be made."
If you don't know about this case, which was a travesty to begin with, you can click the link to my post and/or read the story at Democracy Now.
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