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TEXARKANA, Texas A Texas actress pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to making the toxic agent ricin that was sent in letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
As part of a deal reached with federal prosecutors that has yet to be approved by a judge, Shannon Guess Richardson, 36, would spend 18 years in prison and then five years on supervised release, according to court documents.
Richardson, whose career included minor television roles in shows such as "The Walking Dead," pleaded guilty to charges of manufacturing and possessing the biological agent ricin, which was found in the letters.
The letters read, in part: "You will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns. Anyone wants to come to my house will get shot in the face," according to court documents.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/10/21850874-texas-actress-pleads-guilty-for-ricin-laced-letter-sent-to-obama?lite
Another law-abiding citizen defending the Constitution
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)It appears that she didn't care about the constitution, as long as she could get her ex in jail.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)nt
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Which is convenient, I guess. Same courthouse that the big tobacco lawsuit was held in. I grew up a few miles down the road.
Vietnameravet
(1,085 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)on a U.S. President
alp227
(32,047 posts)http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2013/12/10/new-boston-ricin-suspect-pleads-guilty-769845.php
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20131210-texarkana-woman-to-admit-to-sending-ricin-to-obama-others.ece
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/10/justice/texas-ricin-obama/