I have been a criminal defense attorney for my entire career, but there is a case out of Berkeley, California that is a real head scratcher. David Xu was the chief metallurgist for a company called Berkeley Engineering and Research (BEAR) and was caught on tape trying to poison a colleague. His actions are blamed…
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A hardline woke California DA gave a U.C. Berkeley educated engineer probation after he was caught on tape trying to fatally poison a co-worker over the course of two years, according to court papers.
In a bizarre case that made national headlines, married father David Xu was charged with attempted murder in 2019 for repeatedly lacing his colleagues water bottle with cadmium over suspected professional jealousies.