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Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty in Ricin Letter Investigation

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2014. James Everett Dutschke, 41, of Tupelo, Mississippi., was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sharion Aycock, in Aberdeen, Mississippi., to a 300 month prison sentence for developing and possessing the biological agent ricin and subsequently mailing ricin-laced, threatening letters including one that threatened bodily harm to the President of the United States.   Dutschke was also sentenced to serve a term of 5 years supervised release.

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