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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 10:41 AM Jul 2014

Woman Faces Sentencing For Ricin-Laced Letters To Obama

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman faces sentencing for sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The sentencing hearing for 36-year-old Shannon Guess Richardson is set for Wednesday in federal court in Texarkana, Texas.

Richardson pleaded guilty in December to possessing and producing a biological toxin. Her attorney says that under the plea deal her prison time would be capped at 18 years.

Richardson was arrested in June 2013 after authorities said she tried to implicate her estranged husband after he filed for divorce. Prosecutors say Richardson, who had minor acting roles in film and television, mailed three letters from New Boston, outside Texarkana, then went to police and claimed that her husband did it.

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Woman Faces Sentencing For Ricin-Laced Letters To Obama (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2014 OP
Wow! Chasstev365 Jul 2014 #1
I guess she won't do that again... Aristus Jul 2014 #2
Imagine if she sent these to a RW politician Dopers_Greed Jul 2014 #3
Her defense attorney Turbineguy Jul 2014 #4
18 years jayschool Jul 2014 #5
She can bunk with women who have received 40 year sentences for marijuana. LuckyLib Jul 2014 #6

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)
1. Wow!
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 10:43 AM
Jul 2014

I thought only people who held signs protesting Bush/Cheney were held accountable and that to the right, anything is "Fair Game" for President Obama.

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
3. Imagine if she sent these to a RW politician
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 11:32 AM
Jul 2014

She'd probably be facing terror charges and would spend life in prison.

jayschool

(180 posts)
5. 18 years
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 12:34 PM
Jul 2014

That's gets her to 2032, which means President Warren will be safe during both her terms (2017-2025) as will President Jason Carter for most of his two terms (2025-2033).

LuckyLib

(6,814 posts)
6. She can bunk with women who have received 40 year sentences for marijuana.
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 12:43 AM
Jul 2014

Well, we do have our priorities. Her crime, not up there with the mandatory minimums.

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