http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA1TWF8ETD.htmlCHICAGO (AP) - Jurors deciding the case of a white supremacist charged with trying to hire someone to kill a judge who ruled against him asked to review the testimony of a former follower who said his leader asked him to carry out the deed.
Jon Fox, now a 44-year-old North Dakota farm worker, testified that Matthew Hale asked him in late 2002 if he or anyone he knew could kill the judge and attorneys involved in a trademark lawsuit over Hale's use of a church name. snip
Hale, 32, is charged with two counts of soliciting the murder of a federal judge and three counts of obstruction of justice. He could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted. snip
Jurors heard more than a dozen tapes of Hale using racial slurs, including one in which he laughs about a 1999 shooting rampage by one of his followers, Benjamin Smith, who targeted minorities and killed two people, including former Northwestern University basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong.
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