Paul Kevin Curtis, Ricin Suspect, Released From Jail

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 4/23/13 1:14 PM EDT

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A federal official says the man charged with sending poison letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge has been released from jail.

Jeff Woodfin, chief deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service in Oxford, Miss., says Paul Kevin Curtis has been released from custody.

Woodfin says he doesn't know if there were any conditions on the release.
The development comes hours after officials canceled a detention and preliminary hearing on Tuesday.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/paul-kevin-curtis-ricin-suspect-released-from-jail-90501.html

[Bolo Boffin]

1. Elvis has left the jail cell. n/t

[AngryAmish]

7. The ordeal has left him all shook up

[mac56]

10. Got tired of dancing to the Jailhouse Rock.

[christx30]

15. And telling other inmates to

Don't be Cruel.

[KansDem]

17. He told them he was evil...

...so don't mess around with him.

[former9thward]

2. Something must be going on here.

You can't get bail if you try to kill federal officials especially the President.

[deminks]

3. No evidence whatsoever against him.

http://www.wpri.com/dpps/news/us_news/ricin-suspect-released-from-jail-nd13-jgr_6026496

[kestrel91316]

9. What's apparently going on is that there is zero evidence against him.

If there were even a smidgen, they'd make sure they held onto him. They'd be frickin' bulldogs.

Hell, there's probably proof that he didn't do it, because the way prosecutors are, they'd be going after him even if there were no evidence of guilt OR innocence.

[Harry Monroe]

4. I believe what we are witnessing is an extreme "rush to judgement" not unlike the Atlanta bombing

...in 1996 at the Summer Olympics. "Richard Jewell syndrome". Makes the FBI look like Keystone Kops.

[denverbill]

5. It sounds to me like this guy may have been framed by someone who knew his rant stylings.

The wording of the letters sounded very similar to other things he had said in the past, allegedly anyway.

The ricin must have been sent by someone who had knowledge of his rants. Like maybe his ex-wife, local law enforcement, or the FBI.

[watoos]

6. Or maybe

the real Elvis is still alive and was upset at his impersonation.

[Daemonaquila]

11. Possibly, but more likely just jumping the gun.

I'd put money on it that the cops just saw the ranting and billed him most likely out of the people who contact that office. Bad police work! (Nah, that neeeeeever, ever happens, right?)

[brett_jv]

14. I don't think that's bad police work ...

Especially not if the person framing him did a decent job.

IOW, it may well be that they successfully figured out very quickly who it *appeared* that the letters came from.

Obviously their first suspicion is not going to be 'I wonder if he is being framed' ... that should only come later, once they rule out the suspect.

I'm sure that investigators realize that just because they can't find evidence at his HOUSE, that this even remotely 'rules him out' as a suspect. It puts them in a bind legally wherein they have to release him due to lack of evidence, but they should definitely be keeping an eye on this guy moving forward. He could have EASILY just made up the ricin somewhere else aside from his home. If all it takes is a food processor, he could've made it just about anywhere.

[denverbill]

19. With Ricin Case Crumbling, FBI Targets New Man

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022742807

APRIL 23--With federal prosecutors apparently poised to drop charges against the Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and two other public officials, FBI agents are searching the home of a former Republican congressional candidate in connection with the dangerous mailings. ...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. Or even a certain Republican senator?

[DonViejo]

8. The Flying Monkey Brigade and Wing nuts...

are going to be cackling, "it's because he's a Demon Party (or Democrap) activist! Obama ordered it!"

[SoCalMusicLover]

12. Shades Of Anthrax

I guess they couldn't frame him as well as the prior administration framed that innocent scientist.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Gee..you would think they had a patsy all ready to go, ahead of time.

[ck4829]

18. So he signed with identifying characteristics but left no DNA or fingerprints?

[Bolo Boffin]

20. TPM has a possible second suspect now

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/source-confirms-fbi-investigating-former-gop-candidate-in-ricin-poisioning.php?ref=fpblg

A failed Republican candidate for the Mississippi House of Representatives. The FBI is searching his house now.

[ck4829]

21. I'm hearing now that all charges have been dropped