WHERE'S THE ACLU?:

Supremacist Hale sentenced to 40 years (MIKE ROBINSON, 4/06/05, Associated Press)

Avowed white supremacist Matthew Hale was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday for trying to have a federal judge killed - the same judge whose husband and mother were murdered five weeks ago by a deranged man with no connection to Hale.

Hale, the 33-year-old leader of a group that preaches racial holy war, was sentenced after a rambling, two-hour speech in which he claimed he was the victim and even recited part of "The Star Spangled Banner." He showed no emotion and sat staring at the defense table as the sentence was handed down.

Prosecutors argued for the maximum sentence, saying Hale's crime amounted to an act of terrorism, and the judge agreed.

Where are all the cries about the unjust jihad against terrorism?

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 6, 2005 5:20 PM