![]() ![]() ![]() postal worker, Ahmed Abdel Sattar, of conspiracy for plotting to “kill and kidnap persons in a foreign country” by publishing an edict urging the killing of Jews and their supporters. The anonymous jury, which deliberated 13 days over the past month before convicting Stewart, also convicted a U.S. Tigar suggested the case was an intrusion into attorney-client privilege as the government eavesdropped on prison conversations between Stewart and the sheik. Prosecutors said Stewart broke a promise to the government by letting outsiders communicate with the sheik, who was in solitary confinement under special prison rules designed to stop him from communicating with anyone except his wife and his lawyers. ![]() Koeltl began in late June, with prosecutor Christopher Morvillo telling the jury in his opening statement that Stewart “used her status as a lawyer as a cloak to smuggle messages into and out of prison.” He said she allowed Abdel-Rahman, the blind sheik, to “incite terrorism.” ![]()
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