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By Associated Press
POSTED: 11:18 a.m. EDT, May 22, 2009
JONESBORO, GA.: A Georgia man is sentenced to 100 years in prison for poisoning his children to extort money from Campbell's Soup Co.
William Cunningham was sentenced Thursday after a jury found him guilty on seven counts of aggravated assault for forcing the children in 2006 to eat soup laced with prescription drugs and lighter fluid.
His 3-year-old son and 18-month-old daughter were hospitalized twice. A family member said the youngsters may suffer lifelong respiratory problems from lung damage caused by the lighter fluid.
Cunningham's wife has since divorced him.
Cunningham pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal charge of making false claims against Campbell's Soup by threatening to sue them over the contaminated soup.
Information from WSB-TV, http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html.
JONESBORO, GA.: A Georgia man is sentenced to 100 years in prison for poisoning his children to extort money from Campbell's Soup Co.
William Cunningham was sentenced Thursday after a jury found him guilty on seven counts of aggravated assault for forcing the children in 2006 to eat soup laced with prescription drugs and lighter fluid.
His 3-year-old son and 18-month-old daughter were hospitalized twice. A family member said the youngsters may suffer lifelong respiratory problems from lung damage caused by the lighter fluid.
Cunningham's wife has since divorced him.
Cunningham pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal charge of making false claims against Campbell's Soup by threatening to sue them over the contaminated soup.
Information from WSB-TV, http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html.
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Akron, Oh
Posted 11:22 AM, 05/22/2009
What can be learned from this tragic, ignorant, greed? This man may have destroyed the most precious beings or disabled them for life. I suggest his sentence adds that he can only eat Campbell's soup for the duration of his incarceration.
Canton, OH
Posted 11:26 AM, 05/22/2009
So close to Father's Day.
Lighter fluid in soup? Just take this animal behind the woodshed and put one behind his ear, it that simple.
Posted 11:27 AM, 05/22/2009
God bless those poor children. How sick and greedy do you have to be to even think do that and to your own kids. I would have poisoned him with soup as now the tax payers will feed him for life.
Akron, OH
Posted 11:34 AM, 05/22/2009
May I suggest a different use of lighter fluid on the father...
Stow, OH
Posted 12:00 PM, 05/22/2009
I'm with you truth patrol.
Akron, Oh
Posted 12:02 PM, 05/22/2009
The prison should feed him some of that lighter fluid soup for lunch and see how he likes it!
akron, oh
Posted 12:02 PM, 05/22/2009
@urteemstinxx agree 110% need some help?
AKRON, OH
Posted 12:14 PM, 05/22/2009
Urteemstinxx / Big Mike - ONE BEHIND THE EAR IS WAY TOO LENIENT - ONE SHOULD EMBRACE THE MOMENT - OR - IN FACT - THE MONTH - AND DO IT CORRECTLY
AKRON, OH
Posted 12:33 PM, 05/22/2009
I like Kristins idea just stick him in a hol ion the ground somewhere and feed him poison and lighter-fluid laced soup until he Expires.
Posted 12:43 PM, 05/22/2009
pleading guilty in 2007 and is just getting sentenced. At least the wife divorced him!!!
Wildflower - Campbell's soup for lunch is way to nice - now the lighter fluid and prescription drugs on the other hand......
Wadsworth, OH
Posted 12:55 PM, 05/22/2009
100 years? make him suck down lighter fluid until he dies...
