Posted on 04/06/2005 10:41:21 AM PDT by SmithL
Chicago -- Matthew Hale, an avowed white supremacist and leader of a group that preaches racial holy war, was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday for trying to have a federal judge killed.
"Mr. Hale is not concerned about taking someone's life, but rather how to do it without getting caught," U.S. District Judge James Moody said in imposing the sentence. "I consider Mr. Hale to be extremely dangerous and the offense for which he was convicted to be extremely egregious."
Hale, 33, showed no emotion and sat staring at the defense table as the sentence was handed down. Moments earlier, he delivered a rambling statement in which he insisted that no crime had been committed.
Hale was convicted in April 2004 of soliciting an undercover FBI informant to murder U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow of Chicago in retaliation for her ruling against him in a trademark dispute.
Prosecutors said Hale was furious that Lefkow ordered him to stop using the World Church of the Creator name for his group. Lefkow said the name was trademarked by an Oregon-based church group.
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Good. Maybe he'll meet up with some additional jailhouse justice?!
I was about to post this myself. Good news!
We should lock people like this up with a group of Black supremacists, and just let them have a go at eachother.
Works for me.
"Hale acted as his own attorney during the sentencing, as he had for much of the trial."
Had a fool for a lawyer.
"He compared himself to Lefkow, saying they were both victims."
What an @ss. I would've given him 40 years behind bars for that statement alone!
Come to think of it, isn't that what prison is, kind of?
I take it he got sent to a Federal "Pound Me In the A$$" prison.
Boy, if he would have succeeded in killing the guy he would have only gotten 20 years!
Excellent news.
The judge was a woman and if he had succeeded, they would have sought the death penalty.
And two people were killed--the judge's husband and elderly mother.
Well in fairness that had nothing to do with Hale.
I thought Hale was behind the plans that led to the killings. I guess I misunderstood that part.
Good riddance.
40 years....does he have any chance at parole? Geez, I hope not. Assuming he does the whole stretch, he'll be in his 70's when he gets out. Not enough time in my opinion.
Good riddance to the piece of garbage.
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