Not enough has been written about US civil rights attorney, Lynne Stewart, who was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally distributing press releases on behalf of her client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman. The majority of mainstream output seems to have been generated by right-wing commentators highlighting the fact that the 70–year-old chemotherapy patient will likely die in a prison cell. Often referred to as a people’s lawyer,’ many believe Stewart’s harsh sentence has more to do with a McCarthyesque crackdown on lawyers who represent those targeted by America’s ongoing ‘war on terror’ than upholding the law. Full article.