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Small time actress Shannon Richardson a pro gun advocacy decided to send letters lace with Ricin to the President Obama and New York Mayor Bloomberg. Ricin is a deadly biological toxin that if inhaled or digested will cause death if not treated in time. Shannon Richardson wanted to send a deadly message to the government about her constitutional rights to bear arms. She did not care if she hurt innocent people such has her husband and children because this toxin can spread quickly and the symptoms take up to 4-8 hours to start. Since this attack the Secret Service has step up its security when it comes to mail that is received at the White House. Some states have emplaced extra security measures for their mayors and governors.
Letter to the President
The Federal Bureau Investigation was contacted by the Secret Service that a letter that was address to President Obama that came back with a positive results for the deadly toxins Ricin.
Shannon Richardson
Shannon Guess Rogers Richardson was born on August 31, 1977 in New Boston, Texas she is a small time actress she was in movies such as “The Blind Side” and also TV Series “The Walking Dead” and “Vampires Diaries”. Her third husband Nathaniel Richardson of 18 months they have five children. Nathaniel Richardson is a former US Army mechanic who worked had Texarkana Army Depot. Her husband a former mechanic who work at Texarkana Army Depot still under known purchase the products but on or about May 2013 a letter from the Richardson's address was delivered the White House and to New York Mayor Bloomberg. During the mail-screening processes the facility personnel and United States Capitol Police Hazardous Material team (USCP HAZMAT) discovered a letter had a preliminary positiv...
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Smith, R. (2013, June 7). Texas actress Shannon Guess Richardson arrested in ricin case. Retrieved May 15, 2014, from Capitalbay: http://www.capitalbay.com/mobile/mobile/headline/348967-texas-actress-shannon-guess-richardson-arrested-in-ricin-case.html
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On Wednesday, January 4, 2016 at 1400 hrs. at the 84th Precinct, I conferred with the reporter, Sgt. Cheesewright, Field Intelligence Officer, PBBN. He stated that he executed a search warrant at 765 Park Avenue 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY. The target of the search warrant was Mr. Alexander Atkins who lives on the 2nd floor. He was observed previously by a CI in possession of a firearm. During the search warrant, Mr. Atkins was found in one bedroom while PAA Marcia Mackey was in another bedroom, both on the 2 nd Floor of the house. PAA Mackey immediately identified herself as a member of the service to ESU members, who in turn notified Sgt. Cheesewright. Mr. Atkins was asked by Sgt. Cheesewright if he possessed anything that he was not suppose to have in the room and he admitted to having several glassines of heroine for personal use.
Shane, S. (2010, February 19). FBI Concludes Investigation in Fatal Anthrax Mailings. The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2013, from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/us/20anthrax.html?pagewanted=all
Some of the social factors that affect Andrea Yates were mentioned to you previously before. Her family had a history in mental illness and they had sought professional help. This made her susceptible for mental illness. She was a bright young girl, didn’t date, but went to college for a degree in nursing. Eventually ending up marrying Russell Yates and proceeding with 5 children. After her first son was born she had told the doctors that Satan told her to get a knife and stab someone. She has more children and then a breakdown where she attempts suicide by overdosing on her father’s Trazadone. She was taken to a
Subsequently to that, in the same year the following to Hinman’ murder in which Atkins participated , the assassination of Sharon Tate who was pregnant, Steven Parent, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, and Abigail Folger took place. According to the forensic evidence the crime was describe as brutal (Wikipedia). During Atkins declaration she confesses to be the killer of Tate during her statement. “She stated that she had stabbed Tate because she was ‘sick of listening to her, pleading and begging, begging and pleading’” (Wikipedia). During trail the audience saw a lack of remorse about the crime committed by her and the Mason Family. During one her declaration she confesses t...
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Jennifer Thompson-Cannino was raped at knife point in her apartment. She was able to escape and identify Ronald Cotton as her attacker. The detective conducting the lineup told Jennifer that she had done great, confirming to her that she had chosen the right suspect. Eleven years later, DNA evidence proved that the man Jennifer Identified, Ronald Cotton was innocent and wrongfully convicted. Instead, Bobby Poole was the real perpetrator. Sadly, there are many other cases of erroneous convictions. Picking cotton is a must read for anybody because it educates readers about shortcomings of eyewitness identification, the police investigative process and the court system.
NBCNews.com. Jury: Yates insane, not guilty- US news- Crime & courts / NBC News. 26 7 2006. 28 2 2014. .
Walsh, James, and Dan Browning. "Presumed Guilty Until Proved Innocent." Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN). 23 Jul 2000: A1+. SIRS Issues Researcher.
Andrea Yates, a nurse and mother, drowned her five children--Noah, 7; John, 5; Paul, 3; Luke, 2; and Mary, 6 months--one at a time in their family bathtub on June 20, 2001. In 2002, she was sentenced to life in prison, but due to testimony from a prosecution medical expert, she was granted a new trial by a court of appeals. After twelve men and women debated the case for 13 hours over three days, they said Yates did not know her actions were wrong when she drowned her children ("Andrea Yates Case”). In order to prove to the jurors that Yates was mentally ill, testimonies that demonstrated her illness, depression, hospitalization records, and suicide attempts were documented. They also had evidence that she had been given drugs that were not appropriate, was released from the hospital early, was overmedicated, and had discontinued taking her medicine two days before the kills transpired (Paquette).
Garrett, Brandon. Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2011. 86. Print.
"Vaccine Side Effects/Risks." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 08 Mar. 2012. Web. 07 Apr. 2014.
Christopher, Liam. “Mother ‘vindicated’ after girl’s murder suspect held.” Daily Post. 18 Aug. 2006: 19. Proquest Newsstand. Web. 28 Feb. 2014.
When viewed from a strictly medical, psychological aspect, Andrea Yates medical history indicates that after the birth of her first child, she began to suffer from various forms of depression and suicide attempts. If one only examines the paper trail and doesn’t think beyond what the medical history does or does not indicate, then perhaps, Andrea would be innocent by reason of mental insanity as the 2006 acquittal suggest. However, when viewed form a legal aspect there are several inconstancies that challenge if this former nurse was insane or if she in fact premeditated the murder of her children as well as her acquittal.
"Facts About Alcohol Poisoning." Facts About Alcohol Poisoning. N.p., 7 Nov. 2007. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.