Rightard going to jail

U.S. radio host gets prison for threatening judges
NEW YORK | Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:33pm EST

Dec 21 (Reuters) -
A right-wing Internet radio host was sentenced on Tuesday to 33 months
in prison for threatening the lives of three Chicago federal appeals
court judges after they upheld a local gun control law.

Harold Turner, 48, was convicted by a jury in August in Brooklyn, New
York, federal court following two mistrials. He was arrested in June
2009 and charged with one count of threatening to assault or murder
the three judges.

Turner used his radio broadcasts to target Judges Frank Easterbrook,
Richard Posner and William Bauer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
7th Circuit in Chicago, who had upheld a local handgun law.

He said they had acted in "a manner so sleazy and cunning as to
deserve the ultimate punishment." He called for their murder and
published their photographs and work addresses online.

"Turner's harsh words about these targeted judges, launched by Turner
to an audience containing members of violent and extreme groups,
prompted the United States Marshal's Service to assign protective
details to many of the judges," court documents said.

Turner, of North Bergen , New Jersey, worked as an FBI source between
2003 and 2007, U.S. prosecutors said, due to his "popularity with and
access to white supremacist groups." (Reporting by Basil Katz; Editing
by Ellen Wulfhorst and Greg McCune)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2126429120101221

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