United States v. William K. McKinney Also Known as Puppet

MANION, Circuit Judge.

William “Puppet” McKinney appeals his conviction for conspiring to commit murder. We affirm.

I

In 1983, William McKinney was an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois. McKinney was also a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, a rather notorious prison gang. See, e.g., United States v. Fountain, 840 F.2d 509 (7th Cir.1988), Gometz v. Henman, 807 F.2d 113 (7th Cir.1986), and United States v. Silverstein, 732 F.2d 1338 (7th Cir.1984), all detailing the exploits of various members of the Aryan Brotherhood. The Aryan Brotherhood began in the 1960’s in the…