Hessam Ghane gets eight years for possessing cyanide, but his legal troubles may not be over

Hessam Ghane‘s cyanide is going to get him eight years and a

month in federal prison without parole.

Ghane, a 60-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Iran, was convicted in December of

possessing a chemical weapon — cyanide — that he kept under his kitchen sink. Prosecutors presented evidence at trial that Ghane possessed 177 grams

of potassium cyanide, which is fatal in even small doses. They said he’d

stolen the cyanide from a chemistry

lab at Maple Woods Community College. Ghane allegedly possessed the

chemical, with the potential to kill

several hundred people, to either commit suicide or harm federal

employees.