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...with those words, Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, last week saved himself from the threat of execution. In a plea bargain with federal prosecutors, he accepted a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of appeal or release. Denied his belated request to defend himself in court, he abandoned his plan to argue that his 18-year killing spree--aimed mainly at those he considered technocrats, like computer scientists and business executives--was necessary to save an environment-despoiling America from itself. But he also gave up what some Justice Department officials and his victims feared was a chance that...
...been offering Super Bowl tickets to the 13 council members at the nearly impossible to get face-value price of $275, way below the going street rate of $1,000 plus. Last week several members of Denver's ruling body did not seem unwilling to avail themselves of some bargain seats. But if the Broncs blow it, all bets...
Kaczynski Competent The Unabomber suspect is competent to stand trial ? and mentally ill, says a court-appointed psychiatrist. That gives prosecutors impetus to agree on a plea bargain. TIME/CNN Report on the trial...
...been offering Super Bowl tickets to the 13 council members at the nearly impossible to get face-value price of $275, way below the going street rate of $1,000 plus. Last week several members of Denver?s ruling body did not seem unwilling to avail themselves of some bargain seats. But if the Broncs blow it, all bets...
...accounts, the Justice Department is eager to talk turkey on a plea bargain once Kaczynski is judged competent. The reasons not to go to trial are legion: the spectacle of Kaczynski defending himself and cross-examining bomb victims; the fear that Judge Garland Burrell has promised things he shouldn't have, risking a mistrial; the popular sentiment towards David Kaczynski, who doesn't want brother Ted's blood on his hands. He may not have to worry. Pretty soon, the Feds should be bringing this whole tawdry trial to a conclusion...