- Barbara Joan March
Barbara Joan March (b. 1945/6) is a woman from
Connecticut ,United States of America who is currently imprisoned for attempting toassassinate various US Government officials.In April 2005, she sent several food items, including homebaked
cookie s andcandy , to the officials. Each item was laced with a lethal dose ofwarfarin (rat poison). Each package included a threatening note and the return address on each package was somebody she had a grudge against.The items were sent to:
*All nine justices of the
US Supreme Court
* FBI DirectorRobert Mueller
* Mueller's deputy
* TheChief of Naval Operations
* The Air Force chief of staff
* The Army chief of staffOn March 1, 2006, Barbara Joan March pleaded guilty to 14 counts of mailing injurious articles. She was sentenced on October 11, 2006 and is serving a fifteen year sentence.
External links
* [http://www.browserjump.com/cgiproxy/nph-proxy.pl/010110A/http/www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/17/court.cookies/index.html CNN "O'Connor details half-baked attempt to kill Supreme Court"
November 17 ,2006 ]
* [http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/dc/Press_Releases/2006_Archives/Mar_2006/06077.html DOJ Press Release, March 2006]
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