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RACIST RIGHT-WING SHOCK JOCK WHO THREATENED THE LIVES OF JUDGES BEATS JAIL RAP FOR THE SECOND TIME
AlterNet / By Rory O'Connor
Hal Turner, an internet shock jock and F.B.I. informant, beat the rap again as his second federal "Death-Threat Trial," ended in yet another mistrial.
Internet shock jock and F.B.I. confidential informant Hal Turner beat the rap again when his second federal "Death-Threat Trial," ended in yet another mistrial.
Turner, charged with threatening the life of three federal judges who issued rulings supporting gun control, claims federal agents encouraged his seemingly dangerous rants over the years, and told him to "ratchet up the rhetoric" while asking for help in identifying a white supremacist killer. Government officials admit using him as an informant (beginning in 2004 and culminating in 2007) for intelligence on members of white supremacist groups, among whom he had a devoted following. Turner's background as a paid F.B.I. informant has now become the main issue in the thus far unsuccessful prosecution.
As the New York Times reported, "Before, during and after his employ as an informant -- sometimes to the chagrin of his handlers and sometimes at their request -- Mr. Turner continued to use his radio show and Web site to spout racist and, at times, violent rhetoric aimed at elected officials, public personalities and judges."
Suddenly last summer, however, Turner was arrested, accused of posting photos of the judges and saying they were "worthy of death."
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