surgery. In the meantime the cancer metastasized to the point that her attending physician called it the worst case he had ever seen. She received chemotherapy in custody. On June 25, 2013, Stewart announced that she had received a letter stating that Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Charles Samuels had denied her request for compassionate release. In December 2013, prosecutors wrote a letter to the judge stating that Stewart had 18 months to live. They said she had also been diagnosed with anemia, high blood pressure, asthma and Type 2 diabetes. On December 31, 2013, the denial of Stewart's request for compassionate release was reversed after Stewart's doctor said she had only 18 months to live. The Federal Bureau of Prisons and the office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a motion asking the judge in Stewart's case for a compassionate release. Judge Koeltl granted the motion, and on December 31, 2013, Stewart was released from prison. Post-release In September, 2016, Stewart was quoted on the assassinations of police in Dallas and in Baton Rouge. "They are not brazen, crazed, you know, insane killers . . . They are avenging deaths that are never and have never been avenged since the '60s and '70s." Despite the medical prognosis of having an estimated 18 months left to live, Stewart survived for several more years and died on March 7, 2017, aged 77, at her Brooklyn, New York home of complications from cancer and a series of strokes, according to her son, Geoffrey Stewart. Personal life Stewart was married to Ralph Poynter, and had a son, Geoffrey S. Stewart, also a lawyer, who lives in Brooklyn, New York. She also has two daughters, Brenna Stewart, also an attorney, and Zenobia Poynter, a doctor. References External links Justice for Lynne Stewart site U.S. v. Sattar (Stewart; Yousry) , no. 06-5015-cr (L), (2d Cir. November 17, 2009) The conviction of Lynne Stewart and the uncertain future of the right to defend. American Criminal Law Review The Persecution of Lynne Stewart. Truthdig. April 21, 2013 1939 births 2017 deaths American people imprisoned on charges of terrorism Disbarred American lawyers Hope College alumni New York (state) lawyers People convicted of obstruction of justice People from Brooklyn Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Deaths from breast cancer Rutgers School of Law–Newark alumni Wagner College alumni 21st-century American criminals Martin Van Buren