We can't re-sentence Lynn Stewart, but we can keep bad judges off the courts.
Lynn Stewart, for those who don't recognize the name, was a lawyer for the sheik who masterminded the original World Trade Center bombing, and had planned several other attacks in New York. After going through trial, and after seeing him convicted of those charges, Stewart didn't see anything wrong in passing letters between the "Blind Sheik" and people outside the prison, and she didn't see anything wrong with trying to hide the letters in the attorney-client privilege.
The judge understood the seriousness of the charge -- he sentenced someone else in the case to 24 years in prison -- but decided that Stewart should serve just over two years for being a patsy.
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