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==Convictions and incarceration== For his role in The Order's crimes, Lane was sentenced to consecutive sentences totaling 190 years, including 20 years for [[racketeering]], 20 years for [[conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]], both under the [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] (RICO), and 150 years for violating the civil rights of [[Alan Berg]], a Jewish radio talk show host who was murdered on June 18, 1984.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="9news" /><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/07/us/5-neo-nazis-get-stiff-sentences-for-crime-spree.html |title=5 Neo-Nazis Get Stiff Sentences For Crime Spree | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 7, 1986 |first=Wallace |last=Turner |access-date=August 25, 2007}}</ref> Berg was shot and killed in the driveway of his [[Denver]] home by three members of The Order.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/21/us/witness-in-racist-trial-identifies-gunman-in-slaying-of-radio-host.html |title=Witness in Racist Trial Identifies Gunman in Slaying of Radio Host |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 21, 1985 |access-date=August 25, 2007}}</ref> Lane was arrested on the evening of March 30, 1985, in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/01/us/around-the-nation-another-suspect-held-in-radio-host-s-death.html|title=Another Suspect Held In Radio Host's Death|date=April 1, 1985|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=August 25, 2007}}</ref> While he did not pull the trigger, prosecutors said Lane drove the getaway car and played a large role in the planning of Berg's assassination.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.denverpost.com/2009/06/17/the-murder-of-alan-berg-in-denver-25-years-later/ |title=The murder of Alan Berg in Denver: 25 years later |newspaper=[[The Denver Post]] |last1=Simpson |first1=Kevin |last2=Blevins |first2=Jason |last3=Auge |first3=Karen |date=June 17, 2009 |access-date=October 11, 2017}}</ref> Lane was also among 14 men prosecuted for [[seditious conspiracy]] in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]], but he was [[acquittal|acquitted]]. Lane was considered extremely dangerous and thus held in high-security facilities such [[United States Penitentiary, Marion]], the [[ADX Florence|United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility]] in [[Florence, Colorado]], and the [[FCI Terre Haute]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}} While incarcerated, he had the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] ID # 12873β057.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=david&Middle=eden&LastName=lane&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0 |title=David Eden Lane |website=[[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] |access-date=May 25, 2010 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629165804/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=david&Middle=eden&LastName=lane&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lane wrote books and articles about [[gematria]] and the demographic and sociopolitical status of the white race for white nationalist periodicals and websites. With his wife and Ron McVan, he ran a publishing company called 14 Word Press in [[Idaho]] to disseminate his writings.{{sfn|Gardell|2004|pp=205β206}} He was featured in ''[[Nazi Pop Twins]]'', a documentary aired on July 19, 2007, on [[Channel 4]] in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/N/nazi_pop/ |title=Nazi Pop Twins |website=[[Channel 4]] |year=2007 |access-date=August 17, 2007 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013204446/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/N/nazi_pop/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In it, he was shown speaking by phone with [[Prussian Blue (duo)|Prussian Blue]] (the music act from the documentary) and termed them "fantasy sweethearts" and that he viewed them like daughters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/08/the-gaede-bunch-%e2%80%98a-is-for-aryan%e2%80%99/ |title=The Gaede Bunch: 'A is for Aryan' |website=Hatewatch |publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |date=August 8, 2007 |access-date=August 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185750/http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/08/the-gaede-bunch-%E2%80%98a-is-for-aryan%E2%80%99/ |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> Lane's earliest possible release date from prison would have been on March 29, 2035 (at age 96). He died on May 28, 2007, in [[FCI Terre Haute]] due to an [[epilepsy|epileptic seizure]].<ref name="RMN">{{Cite news |last=Flynn |first=Kevin |date=May 29, 2007 |title=White supremacist, talk show host killer dies in prison |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5561093,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703182105/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0%2C1299%2CDRMN_15_5561093%2C00.html |archive-date=July 3, 2007 |access-date=August 17, 2007 |newspaper=[[Rocky Mountain News]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Atkins|2011|p=176}} On June 30, 2007, white supremacists held memorial demonstrations for Lane in cities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2007/terrorist-14-words-author-dies-prison |title=Terrorist, '14 Words' Author, Dies in Prison |journal=Intelligence Report |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |issue=Fall 2007 |date=October 1, 2007 |access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref>
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