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Juror: Stewart conviction a 'message'

NEW YORK, April 11 (UPI) -- One of the jurors who convicted lawyer Lynne Stewart on terrorism-related charges said the panels' message was "do not conspire with terrorists."

Stewart was convicted Feb. 10 of aiding a designated terror group. Authorities said she, against rules she agreed to, passed messages from her client Omar Abdel Rahman, himself convicted on terror charges in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, to the leaders of the Islamic Group. Stewart said she never meant to promoted terrorism.

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But at least one juror said she did promote acts "that would get people killed. She didn't go anything about it," the juror told the New York Post.

"We were sending a message," he said. " ... Do not conspire with terrorists."

The juror, a 60-year-old man who lives blocks from Sept. 11, 2001's Ground Zero, was interviewed by the New York Post on condition he not be identified by name.

The juror told the newspaper Stewart was "socially amoral," "irresponsible and dangerous" and "indifferent to violence."

A sentencing date for Stewart has been set for September. She could be sentenced to 30 years imprison.

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