WASHINGTON: A Mississippi man who concocted and then sent potentially lethal ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other senior US officials was jailed Monday for 25 years.

James Everett Dutschke, a 41-year-old martial arts instructor, pleaded guilty in January to charges of developing and possessing ricin and mailing ricin-impregnated letters, including the one that threatened Obama, said the US Justice Department.

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