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Born | David Eden Lane November 2, 1938 Woden, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | May 28, 2007 | (aged 68)
Other names | Wodensson |
Occupation | Real estate broker |
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Movement | |
Spouses |
Katja Maddox (m. 1994) |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Allegiance | The Order |
Motive | White nationalism, extermination of Jews |
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Criminal penalty | De facto life imprisonment (190 years in prison)[a] |
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Victims | Alan Harrison Berg, aged 50 |
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David Eden Lane (November 2, 1938 – May 28, 2007) was an American domestic terrorist, white separatist,[1] neo-Nazi,[2] and a convicted felon.[3][4][5] A member of the terrorist organization The Order, he was convicted and sentenced to 190 years in prison for racketeering, conspiracy, and the violation of the civil rights of Alan Berg, a Jewish radio talk show host, who prosecutors claimed was murdered by a member of the group via a drive-by shooting with Lane acting as driver, though they were unsuccessful in getting murder convictions.[6][7] He died while still incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.[8]
Lane coined the "Fourteen Words", a well known white supremacist slogan in North America. He has been described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as "one of the most important ideologues of contemporary white supremacy".[3]
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Federal authorities tried four suspects in 1987, and the two found guilty were convicted of violating Berg's civil rights. Lane, then 49, was sentenced to 150 years.
In 1987, Lane was additionally accused of violating Berg's civil rights by helping to assassinate him, a federal charge. While Lane did not pull the trigger, prosecutors said he drove the getaway car and played a large role in the planning of Berg's murder. He was sentenced to 150 years in prison.
The getaway driver for the white supremacist group who murdered liberal Denver radio talk show host Alan Berg died in a Terre Haute, Indiana federal prison Monday. David Lane, a member of The Order, was 68.