US Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Poisoned Letters to Obama

A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to sending poisoned letters to U.S. President Barack Obama and other officials. The U.S. Justice Department says James Everett Dutschke, a former martial arts instructor, will serve 25 years in prison. Dutschke plead guilty to mailing letters laced with ricin to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge last April. The letters to the president and senator were intercepted at a mail handling facility. The judge received her letter but was not...

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