Brave blogger charged with threats against corrupt Chicago judges

The FBI has arrested an Internet blogger from New Jersey on charges of threatening three prominent Chicago judges who authored an anti-gun rights ruling earlier this month.

Hal Turner, 47, of North Bergen, N.J., allegedly posted a headline “These judges deserve to be killed,” supplemented the next day by, “Judges official public work addresses and a map of the area are below. Their home addresses and maps will follow soon. Behold these devils.”

Below this headline, the entry listed the names, photos, phone numbers, work addresses and room numbers of the three judges involved in the handgun decision, as well as a photo of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago and a map, according to an affidavit. The photo of the building had been modified to include arrows and a label referencing “Anti-truck bomb barriers,” according to the affidavit.

The husband and mother of U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow were killed at the judge’s home four years ago by a disgruntled litigant, leading to nationwide calls for more protection for federal judges.

The three judges who made the handgun decision that upset Turner -- Richard A. Posner; Frank Easterbook and William Bauer — are well-known senior judges on Chicago’s 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. All appointed by Republicans, with moderate-conservative records, they said they had no choice but to leave intact Chicago’s handgun ban because the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Heller” ruling throwing out Washington, D.C.’s gun ban specifically noted that the Second amendment limited the power of the federal government, not of the states.

The ruling, nevertheless, has riled up gun-rights advocates.

“We take threats to federal judges very seriously. Period,” Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, said in a written statement.

Turner is charged with threatening to assault and murder three federal judges. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, if convicted.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1637641,blogger-charged-threats-judge-chicago-062409.article
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Brave blogger charged with threats against corrupt Chicago judges

Brave blogger charged with threats against corrupt Chicago judges

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