US scapegoats man in connection with poison letter to Obama

The Mississippi man accused last week of sending poisonous letters to US President Barack Obama, a senator and a judge, says he was framed.

Paul Kevin Curtis in a report published by the Guardian, said: “I can’t help but think now how many people are thrown in jail because of circumstantial evidence and somebody can frame you that easily.”
US authorities suspected Curtis for mailing the letters because of online postings he had made indicating he distrusts the government.
This is while Curtis’ attorney, Christi McCoy, has insisted that “There is absolutely not a shred of evidence to link this poor guy” to an attempted poisoning.
McCoy said: “He is the perfect scapegoat, the perfect patsy, and it’s really sad because at first everybody’s like, you know, he’s kind of crazy, maybe he did it. But as the searches continued, there’s just nothing on this guy. Nothing on his computers, in his car, in his house.”
US authorities arrested Curtis on April 17 and charged him with sending ricin-laced letters to Obama, Senator Roger Wicker and Judge Sadie Holland.
However, charges were later dropped after investigators failed to turn up any trace of ricin or ingredients related to the production of the poison at his home.