Man who sent ricin letters to Obama and others gets 25-year sentence

[Eugene]

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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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/19/ricin-letters-obama-25-year-sentence

[shenmue]

1. Enjoy the prison food!

I hear they have nice yards too.

[SansACause]

2. A fertilizer!

I mean, we all know that castor beans can't be used for anything else...

[Ash_F]

3. Still no motive?

Who is this guy?

[Dopers_Greed]

4. Evil activist judge oppresses patriotic conservative hero

[24601]

9. James Everett Dutschke also targeted a US Senator with a zero liberal action rating and a 40

40 conservative action rating.

Sarcasm, like humor, works best when accompanied by accuracy.

"A score of 0 means that Senator Wicker has participated in 0% of our slate of liberal actions in the 113th Congress. Representative Wicker has failed to take any of the slate of liberal actions we have identified for the 113th Congress."

"A score of 40 means that Senator Wicker has taken 40% of the possible conservative actions identified on the That's My Congress scorecard during the 113th Congress."

http://thatsmycongress.com/senate/senWickerMS113.html

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. I wonder what his DU handle was?

[Orrex]

8. The Bean Stalker

[Aristus]

6. Hope it was worth it, fuckwad.

[blkmusclmachine]

7. They gonna send him to Guantanamo???