Prosecutors Finish Presenting Case in Anthrax Hoax Trial

Federal prosecutors yesterday ended their case against Clayton Lee Waagner, who is on trial for sending hundreds of anthrax hoax letters to U.S. abortion providers in the aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer (see GSN, Oct. 18, 2002).

Waagner, who is representing himself, has told the jury that there is no evidence that he mailed the anthrax hoax letters. He has said that he took credit for the hoaxes to help other antiabortion activists, the Inquirer reported. The jury is expected to begin their deliberations tomorrow (Joseph Slobodzian, Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 2).

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