Lynne Stewart’s spouse, the 79-year-old social justice activist Ralph Poynter, will lead a continuing vigil in front of the White House starting on Monday, June 17.
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As the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee has explained, Stewart is not guilty of any crimes. In representing a prisoner charged with terrorism, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, Stewart was unjustly convicted of delivering a simple press release for her client.
Poynter urges all those concerned with justice, compassion and basic human rights to join him whether they are available for an hour, for the day, or for the duration. He will be at the White House and making visits to the Federal Bureau of Prisons several blocks away, at 320 First St. NW, Washington D.C., 20534.
Lynne Stewart, age 73, is suffering from stage 4 cancer in her lungs. The cancer has metastasized rapidly to her lymph nodes and shoulder. She has lost 60 pounds and her condition is deteriorating rapidly. Stewart’s condition is well-known and medically documented.
As Poynter explains: “Lynne has passed all of the legalities of compassionate release and qualifies for release as the bill was written. The prison warden at Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, has signed for her release, and so has the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Charles R. Samuels. Probation officers charged with inspecting Lynne’s future residence approved her housing. All that is required by the statute of compassionate release has been done. Yet Lynne is still in jail! Every day that her release is postponed makes treatment of her cancer more difficult.”
The national campaign for Stewart’s Compassionate Release started more than three months ago, in early March. Thousands of petitions were sent and thousands of phone calls made urging her release. The warden at Carswell Federal Prison recommended her immediate compassionate release six weeks ago.
All those who are concerned with Lynne's health and unable to get to Washington, D.C., are urged to continue calling the White House, Attorney General, and Federal Bureau of Prisons and sending petitions.
CALL:
All those who are concerned with Lynne's health and unable to get to Washington, D.C., are urged to continue calling the White House, Attorney General, and Federal Bureau of Prisons and sending petitions.
CALL:
White House - President Barack Obama: 1-202-456-1414
Attorney General Eric Holder: 1-202-514-2001
Bureau of Prisons Director Charles Samuels: 1-202-307-3250
WRITE TO LYNNE:
Lynne Stewart #5304-054
Federal Medical Center, Carswell
PO Box 27137
Ft. Worth, TX 76127
Bureau of Prisons Director Charles Samuels: 1-202-307-3250
WRITE TO LYNNE:
Lynne Stewart #5304-054
Federal Medical Center, Carswell
PO Box 27137
Ft. Worth, TX 76127
To learn how to best help with Lynne's campaign in your area, or to donate Frequent Flyer miles to Lynne's husband, Ralph, call (917) 853-9759
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