
The same year, actress Shannon Richardson got 18 years for sending ricin-laced letters to Obama and then New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg in an attempt to frame her husband.

president Barack Obama and two other officials in an effort to frame his rival Paul Kevin Curtis.

In 2014, James Everett Dutschke got 25 years in prison for sending ricin to then-U.S. Ricin has been sent to politicians and officials in the United States in the past. It is deadliest when it is inhaled.Īn amount the size of a grain of salt is enough to kill an adult. As of 2005 another antidote developed by the US military has been shown to be safe and effective in lab mice injected with antibody-rich blood mixed with ricin. Ricin is often found in powder form or in pellets and can also be turned into an aerosol.
