07.02.13
It won’t help
A federal public defender has asked a judge to delay the trial of a Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge.
Attorney Greg Park says in a court filing Tuesday that he needs more time to prepare for the trial of James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo.
The trial was scheduled for July 29, unusually speedy for these kinds of things. It appears the federal government may want to pack the current clutch of accused ricin mailers away fast.
By contrast, the two men arrested last year and accused in the ricin-part of the Georgia Ricin Beans case have yet to go to trial.
The Georgia Ricin Beans Gang — from the archives.