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Treasonous Lawyer Begs for Mercy
 The New York lawyer who was convicted of material support for terrorism after carrying messages for her client, terrorist sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, is scheduled to be sentenced today to as much as 30 years in prison. She and her In other words, as a moonbat, she cannot be held responsible for her actions. A psychiatric report submitted to the federal judge in Manhattan who will decide the sentence, John Koeltl, claims that several emotional events in Stewart's life suggest her actions were motivated by "human factors of her client and his situation" and not by politics. The psychiatrist, Steven Teich, points to 11 emotional events that he claims prompted her to want to take action on Abdel Rahman's behalf. Among the events that make Dr.Teich's list are her experiences seeing Abdel Rahman incarcerated and the 1995 suicide of a drug defendant named Dominick Maldonado, whom Stewart had once represented. In other words, as a moonbat, she cannot be held responsible for her actions. "Ms. Stewart's commitment to the protection of her client, the Sheik, in prison was magnified by emotions from her perceived failure to protect her former client Mr. Maldonado, which had, consequently, resulted in his death by suicide," Mr. Teich wrote. While the evaluation by Dr. Teich is filed under seal, Stewart's attorneys quote portions of it at length in public legal papers. Stewart's behavior was "emotionally based and sometimes impulsive" and her mental state while representing Abdel Rahman "immobilized her critical ability to evaluate the potential consequences of her actions," according to the psychiatric report. In other words, as a moonbat, she cannot be held responsible for her actions. Stewart has long maintained that she served as a messenger between Abdel Rahman and his followers because she wanted him to remain involved in Egyptian politics in preparation for the unlikely possibility that he would be transferred to Egypt and freed. Or until The Revolution Comes and President Jane Fonda or Attorney General Mumia abu-Jamal pardons him. In a letter filed last month to Judge Koeltl, first reported in the New York Times, Stewart's apology is in line with the psychiatric evaluation. "Finally, and this was fully revealed to me in my discussions post-trial with Dr. Teich, if I have a tragic flaw it is that I care too much for my clients," Stewart wrote."I am soft-hearted to the point of self-abnegation. When one reaches out to another human being, even a hated and despised defendant, the client is grateful, the lawyer is fulfilled and an emotional mutuality arises." Since being indicted four years ago, Stewart had defended her actions. "I would do it again— it's the way a lawyer is supposed to behave." Stewart told reporters the day of her conviction, the Washington Post reported. But that was before she realized she was going to prison. But Stewart has switched tacks as her sentencing approaches. Now she blames her decision to serve as Abdel Rahman's mouthpiece on the emotional attachment she feels for the 68 year-old, blind and ailing sheik. That, and prison is really yucky. Hat tip (including headline): Outside the Beltway Posted by: Jackal 2006-10-16 |
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