Martha Stewart letter requesting immediate start of prison sentence

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Martha Stewart letter requesting immediate start of prison sentence

September 15, 2004 02:55:00 pm

Letter from Walter Dellinger (attorney for Martha Stewart) to Judge Miriam Cedarbaum, September 15, 2004 [requesting that despite a pending appeal, Martha Stewart be permitted to begin serving her prison sentence immediately]. See a scanned copy of the letter here [PDF], posted on Martha Stewart's defense website. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here and here.

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