Man who sent ricin letters to Obama and others gets 25-year sentence
Source: Associated Press
Associated Press in Jackson, Mississippi
theguardian.com, Monday 19 May 2014 19.27 BST
A man who pleaded guilty to sending letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.
James Everett Dutschke was sentenced by judge Sharion Aycock after saying he had changed his mind about wanting to withdraw his guilty plea. He also was sentenced to five years of supervised release and remains in federal custody.
The 42-year-old Mississippi man told Aycock on 13 May that he wanted to withdraw a plea agreement he made with federal prosecutors in January. He told Aycock federal prosecutors lied when they said he made the poison and about finding his DNA on a dust mask.
Dutschke said he was guilty only of using castor beans to make a fertiliser that couldn't hurt anyone.
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)I hear they have nice yards too.
SansACause
(520 posts)I mean, we all know that castor beans can't be used for anything else...
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)Who is this guy?
Dopers_Greed
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