Terrorists’ Lawyer Stewart at Hofstra U: ‘I Would Do It Again’
Charles Johnson
Wed Oct 17, 2007 at 12:38 pm PDT • Views: 365
As we reported last month, convicted and disbarred terrorist enabler Lynne Stewart was invited to Hofstra University to take part in a conference on legal ethics. University administrators appeared on talk shows defending this ludicrous choice, by saying she’d serve as an example of a lawyer who crossed the line and went too far in defending a client.
Right.
Today at Hofstra, Lynne Stewart said she had no regrets, and would do the same thing again. Only next time, she’d be more careful not to get caught.
Legal ethics in the 21st century.
October 17, 2007 — Disbarred terror lawyer Lynne Stewart held court at Hofstra yesterday - unrepentant about the help she gave to a World Trade Center bombing conspirator.
Stewart was convicted in 2005 of smuggling secret messages out of prison for Islamic terrorist Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman. Yesterday, she spoke at a panel discussion at the school’s Hempstead campus to a packed room of about 200 people.
Dozens more watched on closed-circuit TV in an adjacent room.
She denied aiding terrorism, claiming she was just overzealous in the defense of her client, and said she would appeal the conviction. “We’re going to fight this until the cows come home,” she said. …
She later called her performance Academy Award-worthy, but yesterday said that was “an unfortunate remark.” She called Abdel-Rahman himself “a remarkable man,” and said, “Yes, I would do it again, but I would do it differently.”
Stewart said even though she represents clients who are reviled, “I don’t do cops who kill kids on the streets of Brooklyn.”
(Hat tip: meMarc.)
Frank says: