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An outpouring of support is required once again to free renowned attorney
Lynne Stewart. She has submitted a new application for compassionate release and
received word on September 6 that FMC Carswell Warden Jody R. Upton had
forwarded her papers to the Bureau of Prisons headquarters in Washington,
D.C.
We must urge Bureau of Prisons Director Charles E. Samuels, Jr. to act
expeditiously to review Lynne Stewart’s new application and to instruct the
federal attorney to file a motion with the Bureau of Prisons’ recommendation of
compassionate release. Judge John G. Koeltl has stated that he would consider
the motion as soon as he receives it.
In July 2013, Lynne Stewart was given a conservative prognosis of 18 months
by the oncologist contracted by the prison, meeting the new guidelines for
compassionate release established by the Bureau of Prisons. Two months have
passed since then and Lynne Stewart’s health is deteriorating rapidly.
Every day counts.
Please sign the new petition so that a letter from you is sent by email to
Director Samuels and to Attorney General Holder.
Please distribute the new petition widely and urge others to sign it.
Over 30,000 people in the United States and internationally signed the first
petition. Numbers are even greater if we include the support from prominent
organizations. We must send a strong message again that Lynne Stewart should be
free.
On October 8, Lynne Stewart will be 74 years old. She has devoted her life to
the impoverished and oppressed, first as a school librarian in Harlem, New York
and then for 30 years as an unwavering criminal defense attorney who always put
her client’s interests above her own.
We do not want Lynne Stewart to celebrate her 74th birthday on October 8th in
prison, but should that be the case, she has asked us all to raise our voices in
protest with vigils outside U.S. Court Houses and other public centers.
To send your message to BOP Director Samuels and to Attorney General Eric
Holder, please sign the new change.org petition for Lynne Stewart at
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