October 21, 1945 - William Leonard Pickard

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.

On July 27, 2020, Pickard was granted compassionate release from federal prison 20 years into his sentence.

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