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August 8th, 2006 at 2:35 pm

Kill a Judge, Sue a Lawyer

It’s all in a day for notorious white supremacist and convicted felon Matthew Hale, who, once convicted of attempting to arrange for the murder of a federal judge, then did what any ordinary American convict would do — sued his lawyer for malpractice.

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