By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– The federal trial involving a Michigan militia known as the Hutaree has raised questions about the right of free speech and what constitutes talk versus reality. Defense attorneys claim the government has overstepped on the case. The government insists there was serious talk of killing a cop and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Convicted right winger, New Jersey Internet shock jock Harold “Hal” Turner, who once worked as an FBI informant, claims his life is in danger now that he’s housed in federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., with notorious prisoners, the Jersey Journal reported. “I probably won’t even see it coming,” Turner wrote…
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…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The third time worked for federal prosecutors. After bumping up against two mistrials because of hung juries, federal prosecutors on Friday convicted Hal Turner, a racist internet radio talk show host and blogger, in Brooklyn U.S. District Court of threatening to assault and murder three U.S. Court of Appeals judges in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the apparent spirit of never-say-die, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago said Friday it plans to go after right wing-racist New Jersey radio host Hal Turner for a third time in August. The last two trials ended in a mistrial after the juries deadlocked. “We expect to proceed on August…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The trial in Brooklyn federal court involving right wing racist Internet radio host Hal Turner illustrates the tough balancing act the FBI has to deal with when handling an informant who is less than an ideal citizen. Turner is accused of posting messages last summer on his blog advocating the death…
Judge Richard Posner/ harvard photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two federal Court of Appeals judges from Chicago took the stand Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court, saying they felt threatened by the rantings of Internet radio shock jock Hal Turner, the New York Daily News reported. Federal Judges Richard Posner and William Bauer took the stand…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The retrial next week in Brooklyn of right wing web radio talk show host Hal Turner should get interesting. The National Journal reports that federal prosecutors plan this time to call as witnesses three Court of Appeals judges from the 7th Circuit in Chicago who were the targets of Turner’s venemous…
