William Leonard Pickard | |
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| Born | October 21, 1945 |
| Education | Princeton University Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Researcher, writer |
| Criminal status | Released after serving 20 years of two life sentences |
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William Leonard Pickard (born October 21, 1945) is one of two people convicted in the largest lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) manufacturing case in history. In 2000, while moving their LSD laboratory across Kansas, Pickard and Clyde Apperson were pulled over while driving a Ryder rental truck and a follow car. The laboratory had been stored near a renovated Atlas-E missile silo near Wamego, Kansas. Gordon Todd Skinner, one of the men intimately involved in the case but not charged due to his cooperation, owned the property where the laboratory equipment was stored.
On July 27, 2020, Pickard was granted compassionate release from federal prison 20 years into his sentence.[1]
- ^ Hampton, Justin (July 25, 2020). "LSD Chemist And Psychedelic Icon William Leonard Pickard To Be Released From Prison - Lucid News". Lucid News. Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-07-27.