Margarita25 said:
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Post by
@chinacat67 on Aug. 30, 2011 from
discussion thread:
“The killer tied Andy and Cheryls hands together in the same
intricate knot with a
rare kind of hemp rope”
http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=71049
Where did the perp get hemp rope and why would he use that more distinctive (for the time) type of binding when any other rope would suffice?
speculation, imo.rbbm.
Hemp Comes to Texas
Why is the legalizing of commercial hemp important? Because of the ways in which it can be used. Its stalk is thick and woody and can grow to about 20 feet tall. Its fibers grow the entire length of the stalk. The stalk and the hurds, the material on the inside of the stalk that embodies the fiber, can be made into everything from
building materials to insulation, from fine horse bedding to biodegradable plastics, from boogie boards to particle boards. The fibers can be spun into fine textiles and strong rope that is resistant to both mold and rot"
"The only problem is that until 2014, when the Farm Bill allowed limited experimental hemp crops at universities around the country, all of those hemp products were made from hemp grown in Canada, China, Romania, and other countries where its utilitarian value was not criminalized. Here in the United States, it wasn’t so long ago that Gen. Barry McCaffrey, then President Bill Clinton’s drug czar, was demonizing hemp and prohibiting the importation of hemp products from Canada."