sentences:  In September 1900, chloroform was implicated in the murder of the American businessman William Marsh Rice, the namesake of the institution now known as Rice University.Chloroform was deemed a factor in the alleged murder of a woman in 1991 when she was asphyxiated while sleeping.In a 2007 plea bargain, a man confessed to using stun guns and chloroform to sexually assault minors.