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Right Wing Talk Show Host Gets 33 Months for Threatening Lives of 3 Fed Judges

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It took three tries to convict right wing Internet radio talk show host Hal Turner of threatening the lives of three Chicago federal appeals judges over their decision to uphold a ban on handguns. But now he’s off to prison. U.S. District Judge Donald Walter on Tuesday sentenced Turner in Brooklyn…

Fed Judges Gone Wild

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By Zack Cohen ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Federal judges are considered among the elite in the judiciary world, appointed by the president for a lifetime, regarded as being beyond reproach. But in recent times there has been a crack in the almost king-like facade. One judge, G. Thomas Porteous of New Orleans, was just convicted in…