Lynne Stewart Seeks Mistrial

Grasping at straws, Lynne Stewart is submitting papers to obtain a mistrial in her conviction on aiding terrorists. She claims one of the jurors failed to disclose that they were biased against criminal defendants.

These kinds of papers are submitted all the time, and the success rate is pretty low.

The documents also show that a different juror approached Ms. Stewart's lawyers after the verdict to say she had been intimidated by other jurors during their deliberations and was not clear-headed when she voted to convict Ms. Stewart and two co-defendants.

Ms. Stewart's lawyers have asked the judge, John G. Koeltl, to conduct an inquiry about that juror's misgivings.

This is a far more serious charge, and will need to be investigated.