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...Texas standards of macho, money and murder, it was an almost refined case. Chanslor (who is worth a mere million) contrived a poison plan that was a virtual Agatha Christie plot with its intricacies and intrigue. In the prosecution's words, his mind was "a kaleidoscope of deception...
Chanslor apparently abandoned the No-Pest idea but asked to meet with Minnery in Toronto last April to talk about another poison, ricin, which is derived from the castor bean and is difficult to trace even when a doctor knows to look for it. By this time, says Minnery, he had concluded that the discussions were perhaps not entirely academic, and he alerted Ontario police, who in turn contacted Houston authorities. A tape recording was made of the Toronto meeting at which Chanslor paid $500 to have a capsule of ricin brought to him in Houston. During the Houston meeting...
...defense was that he was really a devoted husband who sought out a poison only after months of pleading by his despondent wife. Under Texas law, aiding a suicide is a misdemeanor carrying a maximum punishment of a $200 fine. Why did the poison have to be so undetectable? His lawyers contended that he was hoping to spare his nine-year-old son the stigma of a family suicide by making the death seem an inexplicable consequence of the stroke. Susan Chanslor took the stand to support her husband's story. "I discussed with Bill the possibility of ending...
...killer. The Florida plan has prompted critical editorials in local newspapers as well as a lawsuit from NORML. In addition, the Chevron Chemical Co., a distributor of paraquat, has fired off a warning letter to the U.S. Department of Justice and the DEA: "The product label bears the word poison and the skull-and-crossbones insignia, but terrifying people in order to modify behavior is not a registered use." Still, Florida officials remain committed to paraquat, in part out of support for the Reagan Administration's policy. Washington has urged Colombia to spray the herbicide on its marijuana crop...
...nominated or elected. God forbid. It is just nice to hear the name boom in the hall, to have the transient thrill, something to tell the grandchildren. The mere proposal of a constitutional amendment amounts to national billboarding for an idea, and perhaps even a way of drawing the poison out of certain issues by bringing them briefly into the hypothetical presence of the sacred text...