A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sending letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials.
James Everett Dutschke was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock in Aberdeen.
According to the Washington Times, he also was sentenced to five years of supervised release and remains in federal custody.
He was accused of sending the letters to Obama, Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Mississippi judge Sadie Holland.
Poisoned letters addressed to Obama and Wicker were intercepted before delivery, but one letter reached Holland. She was not harmed, the report added.
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