http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-charges-dismissed-white-suprem20110419,0,5037177.story

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a jury's conviction of a white supremacist for using his website to solicit an attack on a jury foreman in a separate trial in Chicago.

In a 66-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman held that prosecutors did not present enough evidence to prove that William White, in his comments on overthrow.com, wanted the foreman harmed. He also ruled that White's postings were protected by the First Amendment.

Adelman, a Milwaukee judge assigned to the trial because of potential conflicts for other judges, had earlier dismissed the lawsuit before it even went to trial. However, an appellate court reversed that decision, resulting in the trial.

Now the government is considering an appeal. With Adelman's ruling, White was going to be released from the Metropolitan Correctional Facility, his attorney said.