A man from New Jersey has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for making death threats against three federal judges on his blog. Right-wing blogger Hal Turner reportedly took issue with a 2009 ruling from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which dismissed legal challenges to handgun bans in Chicago and Oak Park, Illinois. Disgusted with the decision, Turner took to his blog, where he declared that the three judges presiding over the case "must die." Prosecutors claimed he crossed the line by explicitly calling for the judges' deaths, but Turner insisted he was just exercising his right to free speech. After two trials both resulting in hung juries, the blogger was finally sentenced yesterday in a New York federal court.
'Judges Must Die' Blogger Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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