Ms. Ferrier said in her statement that she viewed her actions “as a work of activism.”“I believed that the legal system of justice was not working,” she said. “I felt that a strong message had to be sent in order to stop what I saw as tyrannical behaviors. A sentencing memo said that Ms. Ferrier “appears to suffer from mental health issues,” and that she should be further evaluated for mental health treatment. Ms. Ferrier is not the first to try to kill a United States president with ricin. In 2014, a man admitted to having sent a letter with ricin to President Barack Obama.

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