Lynne Stewart's Conviction Upheld

No soup for you! Stewart's conviction for aiding and abetting terrorists whom she represented by passing messages to cohorts outside the country against her agreement with the federal government was upheld by a federal court judge.

The defense had argued for a new trial based on a letter from the anonymous juror — written six weeks after the trial — claiming she was terrorized into agreeing to the conviction and had feared for her life.

Judge John Koeltl found there was not enough proof that the juror was actually intimidated.

Stewart faces up to 30 years in prison for providing material support to terrorists and filing false statements while she represented blind terror Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman.

Stewart has claimed she was only engaged in "zealous representation" of her client and was constitutionally protected when she issued public statements on his behalf.

But Koeltl said the cleric used his communications from prison to participate in a terrorist conspiracy.

Again, this couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. She knowingly aided and abetted a bunch of terrorists who had previously attacked the US in the 1993 WTC bombings and are committed to further attacks against the US.