Federal Judge Denies Sentence Reduction

U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn Craven, of Texarkana, won’t reduce the 18-year prison sentence for a Northeast Texas woman who sent ricin-laced letters to former President Barack Obama and tried to frame her estranged husband. Shannon Richardson, of New Boston, was sentenced after pleading guilty in 2014. Richardson, a former actress, was also ordered to pay $367,000 in restitution.