Litigation

N.J. Radio Host Arrested for Threatening Judges

By Jason Barrett

A radio talk show host in New Jersey has been arrested on charges of levying death threats against three federal judges, the New York Times reports.

Hal Turner, regarded by many as an anti-Semitic white supremacist, said that the three judges, William J. Bauer, Frank H. Easterbrook and Richard A. Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals “deserve to be killed.” He made the comment on his blog after the courts ruled to uphold a ban on handguns in Chicago.

In addition to posting the statement, Turner also posted the judges’ work addresses, photographs and phone numbers, with promises to post their home addresses at a later date. He was arrested at his home on Wednesday by the FBI.

An Associated Press article on the case also is posted in Talking Points Memo.

Full post as published by The Gavel on June 26, 2009 (boomark / email).