Ricin Dude To Plead Moron in Ricin Case?

[DonViejo]

JOSH MARSHALL MAY 2, 2013, 2:10 PM 699
My initial hopes that the second ricin suspect would be exonerated and we’d move on to an Englebert Humperdink impersonator appear to have been dashed by the allegedly copious amounts of evidence seized by federal investigators. But there’s another interesting turn in the case.

James Everett Dutschke’s lawyer, George Lucas (not the Star Wars guy) seems to be exploring the theory that Dutschke’s produced a special variety of non-toxic ricin and thus, no harm, no foul. Thus the legal phrase fata bona illi.

From the AP …

Lucas, Dutschke’s lawyer, said there was a way to make ricin in a way so that it isn’t deadly and repeatedly questioned the agent about tests performed on the substance in the letters.

“If it’s ricin, it’s deadly,” the agent said.

The FBI has not revealed details about how lethal the ricin was. A Senate official has said the ricin was not weaponized, meaning it wasn’t in a form that could easily enter the body. If inhaled, ricin can cause respiratory failure, among other symptoms. No antidote exists.

full article
http://editors.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/05/it_gets_better_for_ricin_dudes.php?ref=fpblg

[Wait Wut]

1. I just bit my tongue!

We need that to be a credible defense! "Your honor, my client wishes to plead moronic."

Josh rules!