A Mississippi man pled guilty on Friday to sending letters poisoned with ricin to President Barack Obama and two other public officials, the Associated Press reports.
42-year-old James Everett Dutschke had previously pled not guilty to the charges. He also denied that he had tried to recruit someone else to send a ricin-tainted letter. Dutschke has been jailed since April on charges of sending poisoned letters to Obama, Senator Roger Wicker and a Mississippi judge. The judge was the only one to receive a letter, though she was not harmed. The other two letters were intercepted.
When Dutschke filed his new plea, prosecutors recommended a 25-year-sentence.
[AP]