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The April 2013 Ricin Letters — Mississippi bioterror plot
A bioterror attack in which James Everett Dutschke mailed ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, Senator Roger Wicker, and a Mississippi judge in April 2013.
The Ricin Letters Case — Bioweapon Attacks on U.S. Officials
The Ricin Letters Case refers to multiple incidents of poisoned letters mailed to U.S. presidents and officials, notably in 2013 and 2020, resulting in federal convictions for bioweapon use.
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The April 2013 Ricin Letters — Mississippi bioterror plot
A bioterror attack in which James Everett Dutschke mailed ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, Senator Roger Wicker, and a Mississippi judge in April 2013.
The Ricin Letters Case — Bioweapon Attacks on U.S. Officials
The Ricin Letters Case refers to multiple incidents of poisoned letters mailed to U.S. presidents and officials, notably in 2013 and 2020, resulting in federal convictions for bioweapon use.
Murder Without a Body: The Jimmie Lee Case
On July 8, 2022, Ole Miss student and gay activist Jimmie 'Jay' Lee disappeared from Oxford, Mississippi. Nearly three years later, Timothy Herrington pleaded guilty to his murder, even though the body wasn't found until February 2025. Private messages would prove crucial to cracking the case.
In the Dark: How a Podcast Exposed Systemic Justice Failures
Since launching in September 2016, *In the Dark* has become one of the most consequential true crime podcasts, using meticulous investigative journalism to examine not the crimes themselves, but the systemic failures that allow injustice to persist. Now produced by *The New Yorker* and Condé Nast Entertainment, the series has prompted legislative reform and overturned convictions.