Also killed...Chief Judge John Roll

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http://judgepedia.org/index.php/John_Roll

Judge Roll in 2009, faced death threats after presiding over a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by illegal immigrants against an Arizona rancher. After Judge Roll ruled the case would be certified, threats came from talk-radio shows which fueled controversy and spurred audiences into making threats against the judge<2>.

The threats materialized after one show, Judge Roll's name logged more than 200 phone calls as some callers threatened the judge and his family<2>.

This resulted in the judge and his wife were under a protection detail for one month as Judge Roll was given twenty four hours a day, seven days a week security by the US Marshals Service. An US Attorney's investigation ruled that four men were identified as threat makers, but no charges were filed<2>.

In a July 9, 2009 interview with the Arizona Republic, Judge Roll described the time under high security as "unnerving and invasive. . . . By its nature it has to be," Roll said. Roll also said, "It (the security) was handled very professionally by the Marshals Service."<2>

At the end of the month, Roll said four key men had been identified as threat makers<2>.

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1. John McCarthy Roll

http://www.life.com/image/57238964

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2. Bio info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_Roll

[RadicalTexan]

3. Verrrry interesting

This is all so, so disgusting.

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4. must be scary as hell to be a good public servant in Arizona

However good and decent most Arizonans are, I sure wouldn't want to live there.

[Horse with no Name]

5. NO doubt. But the horrible ones always live long fruitful lives. n/t

[TBF]

6. He was nominated by Papa Bush - why'd they kill him? nt

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7. He obviously ruled on the side of the law instead the side of the $$? n/t