Democracy Now Exclusive: Dying Lawyer Lynne Stewart's Jubilant Return Home

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From the Jan. 2, 2014 Democracy Now:

http://www.democracynow.org - The civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart has returned home from prison after a federal judge ordered her compassionate release. Stewart is 74 years old and dying from late-stage breast cancer. Viewed by supporters as a political prisoner, she had served almost four years of a 10-year sentence for distributing press releases on behalf of her client, Omar Abdel Rahman, an Egyptian cleric known as the "blind Sheikh." Stewart arrived to a group of cheering supporters in New York City on Wednesday. Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman and Renée Feltz were at the airport to cover the homecoming and speak with Stewart about her time behind bars and her plans to continue fighting for political prisoners — and for her own life — now that she's free.

See all of our Democracy Now! coverage of Lyne Stewart and her trials here: http://www.democracynow.org/topics/lynne_stewart

Transcript is here.

The first 16 minutes were pre-recorded from the "welcome home" event. The last 5 were a live interview with Stewart's attorney.

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1. A hero

Lynn will die for our sins and we will be worse for it. She will not be forgotten.