Ricin suspect released from jail

04-23-2013 • AP

The Mississippi man charged with sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a state judge was released from jail on Tuesday, federal official said, though the reason for the release wasn't immediately clear. [gee, lack of evidence or lack of being able to extract a confession]

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Comment by Powell Gammill

Entered on: 4/24/2013 5:34:47 AM

Man Is Freed as U.S. Questions Another Over Poisoned Mail

Comment by Powell Gammill

Entered on: 4/23/2013 9:08:50 PM

U.S. drops charges against Mississippi man in ricin letters case

Christi McCoy, Curtis' attorney, told CNN she believed her client had been framed. The Clarion Ledger newspaper reported that law enforcement officials searched the house of a second Mississippi man in connection with the case. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Oxford, Mississippi, did not return calls for comment.

"I do believe that someone who was familiar and is familiar with Kevin just simply took his personal information and did this to him," McCoy told CNN. "It is absolutely horrific that someone would do this."

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