US Actress Sentenced to 18 Years for Mailing Ricin-Laced Letters to Obama

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A Texas actress, Shannon Guess Richardson, was sentenced to 18 years in a federal prison on Wednesday on a biological weapons charge for mailing letters containing the toxic agent ricin to US President Barack Obama, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a gun control advocate.

Richardson, whose career included minor television roles in shows such as "The Walking Dead," also will be subject to five years of supervised release and restitution of $367,000.

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