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===Matthew F. Hale===
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Several years after Klassen's 1993 death, white supremacist Matthew Hale founded the New Church of the Creator (later the World Church of the Creator). Hale made national news when he was denied admission to the Illinois State Bar on three occasions due to his racist beliefs.<ref>[[Evan Osnos]] and James Janega. "ACLU Sides With Supremacist on Right to Obtain Law License." Chicago Tribune 12 Aug. 1999: 4. Print.</ref> On November 12, 1999, the Illinois Supreme Court refused to further consider the denial of Hale's law license, continuing "a decision by its Committee on Character and Fitness that said Hale lacked the moral character to practice law."<ref>"Review of Law License Denial." Washington Post 13 Nov. 1999: A5. Print.</ref> According to Hale, the committee's denial of his law license may have provoked Benjamin Nathaniel Smith's [[1999 Independence Day weekend shootings|drive-by shooting spree]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9907/06/smith.profile.01/|title=Suspected shooter said his hate-filled leaflets spoke 'the truth'|website=CNN.com|date=July 6, 1999|access-date=February 17, 2017}}</ref>

On January 9, 2003, Hale was arrested and charged with attempting to direct security chief Anthony Evola to murder judge [[Joan Lefkow#Matthew Hale|Joan Lefkow]].<ref name=halearrest>{{cite web|url=http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/hale/ushale0103ind.pdf |title=United States of America v. Matthew Hale |website=News.findlaw.com |access-date=2016-05-25}}</ref> Hale was found guilty of four of five counts (one count of solicitation of murder and three counts of obstruction of justice) on April 26, 2004; in April 2005, he was sentenced to 40 years in a Federal penitentiary.<ref name=guilty>{{cite news | url=http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=News&id=1510781 | title=White supremacist found guilty | publisher=ABC7Chicago.com | date=2004-04-26 | access-date=August 17, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629052837/http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=News&id=1510781 | archive-date=June 29, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref>