ATLANTA (AP) The federal case against a white supremacist jailed for 20 months after exposing himself to ricin has fallen apart, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Prosecutors blamed "a technical error'' by Congress, which didn't include the deadly material in its list of illegal biological toxins.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Story dismissed the possession charge against William Christopher Gibbs on Sept. 21, saying he might be charged with other federal offenses, but not ricin possession. Gibbs remained in custody in Fannin County on other charges, according to the newspaper report.
Gibbs was 27 when he drove to a hospital in February 2017 and said he was exposed to ricin, which is found in castor beans and can be deadly when purified.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Gibbs is associated with the Church of Creativity movement, a white supremacist religion which has been classified as a Neo-Nazi hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
