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"A Gift from Cordelia
You've most likely never heard the name Cordelia Botkin but her case is considered one of the most interesting in the history of the US. It was an important case because she was the first in American to be prosecuted for a crime which took place in two different jurisdictions, as Botkin had sent the poison from California, but it was received in Delaware.