No, there won’t be any fentanyl in your kid’s Halloween candy. Just like there won’t be any marijuana either. Nor will there be razor blades lurking in candied apples. Yes, these are preposterous myths that have spread over the years. Newspapers love these stories. Local news broadcasters salivate for these fever dreams even more than kids yearn for the actual candy. To its credit, in 2021, the
No fentanyl. Maybe just potassium cyanide. Have you ever heard of Ronald Clark O'Bryan? The transcript of his trial is a bit long, but you might just want to skim the opinion of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: O'Bryan v. State, 591 S.W.2d 464 (Tex.Cr. App.1979). I was working as Judge Douglas' research attorney when that case came down, and I remember it well. (I later worked for Judge W.C. Davis, the opinion's author.)
If all that seems too much like work, you could read the Wikipedia article on O'Bryan. It seems to have the salient facts right.
No fentanyl. Maybe just potassium cyanide. Have you ever heard of Ronald Clark O'Bryan? The transcript of his trial is a bit long, but you might just want to skim the opinion of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: O'Bryan v. State, 591 S.W.2d 464 (Tex.Cr. App.1979). I was working as Judge Douglas' research attorney when that case came down, and I remember it well. (I later worked for Judge W.C. Davis, the opinion's author.)
If all that seems too much like work, you could read the Wikipedia article on O'Bryan. It seems to have the salient facts right.
Oh my re: Shen Yun!! So funny! My daughter and I are haunted by "Shen Yun : A Must See!" billboards festooned all across Philadelphia over the years.