I ask for justice for Lynne Stewart, too.

Lynne Stewart is the lawyer who represented the notorious Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman -- the Blind Sheik. He was convicted of conspiring to bomb the World Trade Center in 1993. Six people were killed in that attempted act of mass destruction. He also had plans to blow up the U.N. and several NYC bridges and tunnels.

One of the restrictions of his life sentence is that he can have no communication with outsiders. Lynne Stewart violated that restriction -- she took Rahman's notes urging violence to his militant followers in Egypt. She is now serving her own prison sentence for conspiracy. She is unrepentant, calling herself a political prisoner. She says she was only doing what a lawyer does.

She is now seeking compassionate release because she has cancer. She says, "I do know that I do not want to die here in prison -- a strange and loveless place." Maybe she should have thought of that before she tried to help a terrorist orchestrate his mayhem from prison. She says she wants to be home. I'll just bet that the family members of the Sheik's victims would like for their loved ones to be home, too.

Stewart's website is called "Justice for Lynne Stewart." On that, Lynne, we can agree. You are receiving your justice right where you are.

"Compassionate release tangled." The Dallas Morning News; September 24, 2013; p. 1A.