Showing posts with label Criminal Prosection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Criminal Prosection. Show all posts

Mead v. Gaston Gazette

N.C. court won’t force newspaper to I.D. online commentator
The Associated Press
Gaston County Superior Court Judge Calvin Murphy ruled the Gaston Gazette did not have to tell the attorney for a murder suspect who a commentator was on an article about the case.
http://www.firstamendmentcoalition.org/2010/08/n-c-court-wont-force-newspaper-to-i-d-online-commentator/

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North Carolina Superior Court Holds State Shield Law Protects Identities of Newspaper Website Commenters
Newsroom Law Blog
http://www.newsroomlawblog.com/2010/08/articles/shield-laws/north-carolina-superior-court-holds-state-shield-law-protects-identities-of-newspaper-website-commenters/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewsroomLawBlog+%28Newsroom+Law+Blog%29&utm_content=Bloglines

United States v. Turner

E.D.N.Y.: North Bergen shock jock Hal Turner details role as FBI informant on the stand
The Record
Three federal appeals court judges from Chicago testified Wednesday they felt threatened by an Internet blog post saying they “deserved to be killed.” But its author, North Bergen shock jock Hal Turner, told a jury that he won praise for a similar verbal bashing when the FBI tasked him to help flush out the killer of a judge’s family.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/081110_Federal_judges_testify_they_felt_threatened_after_reading_blog_posts_by_Hal_Turner.html

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Judges Reprise Testimony in Third Trial on Threats
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/nyregion/12turner.html?_r=1

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Case of Blogger Accused of Threatening Judges Is Expected to Go to Jury Soon

New York Law Journal
The third trial of Harold "Hal" Turner, the Internet-radio host charged with threatening to kill three Chicago appeals court judges, is expected to go to the jury as early as this afternoon.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202465869604

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E.D.N.Y.: Conservative Internet shock jock Harold (Hal) Turner convicted of threatening to kill Chicago judges

New York Daily News
A Brooklyn jury took less than two hours Friday to convict right-wing loudmouth Harold (Hal) Turner of threatening to kill three Chicago judges.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/08/13/2010-08-13_conservative_internet_shock_jock_harold_hal_turner_convicted_of_threatening_to_k.html

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Hate Blogger Convicted of Threats After Three Trials

Wired
Three trials later, authorities have finally won a criminal conviction against Hal Turner, the New Jersey hate blogger charged with threatening to kill federal appeals court judges.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/turner/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Bloglines#ixzz0wsK9Uenm
See our earlier coverage on this prosecution here.