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January 2, 2014

Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Free After Compassionate Release 
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The civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart has returned home from prison
after a federal judge ordered her compassionate release. Stewart is 74
years old and dying from late-stage breast cancer. She had served almost
four years of a 10-year sentence for distributing press releases on
behalf of her client, Omar Abdel Rahman, an Egyptian cleric known as the
"blind Sheikh." Stewart arrived to a group of cheering supporters in New
York City on Wednesday. We'll have more on this story later in the
broadcast.

 

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