Three trials later, the authorities have finally won a criminal conviction against Hal Turner, the New Jersey hate blogger charged with threatening to kill federal appeals court judges. Turner was convicted in federal court in Brooklyn on Friday of threatening to assault or murder a federal official or judge, and faces a likely 10 to 16 months under federal sentencing guidelines, and a maximum 10-year prison term under the law. His sentencing date has not been set. He blogged at turnerradionetwork.blogspot.com that the three judges of the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit of Appeals should be “killed” for upholding a Chicago handgun ban ...