Saturday, February 04, 2012

U. S. Supreme Court won't hear McDonald County white supremacist's appeal

McDonald County white supremacist Robert Joos, serving a six-year sentence on federal weapons charges is going to have to adjust to the computer age just like the rest of us.

The United States Supreme Court will not hear an appeal of a district court's decision rejecting Joos' request to stop his prison from removing lawbooks and replacing them with computers.

Joos claimed it was much faster for him to find what he needed by flipping through pages of books and that computers were much more difficult to use.

Joos was convicted of crimes connected to a federal investigation of a racially-motivated 2004 bombing in Scottsdale, Ariz. National white supremacist leader Dennis Mahon and his brother Daniel were charged with that crime.

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