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Most career civil servants like Tripp, especially those trusted enough to work in the White House, are ferociously competent and unrelentingly discreet. They often stay for decades, and they keep their mouth shut. Tripp was different. She was seen as a schoolmarm, a bit obsessed with improprieties she saw around...
How did this deal differ than Kaczynski's December offer, which government prosecutors rejected? The Bureau of Prisons psychiatrist who examined Kaczynski last week gave federal prosecutors the "out" they needed: she found that although Kaczynski was competent to stand trial, he was also a paranoid schizophrenic. At that point...
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.
Kaczynski Found Competent The Unabom trial is back on track after a psychiatrist clears Kaczynski for trial. Still to be determined: Whether he or his lawyers will do the talking in court. TIME/CNN Report on the trial.
Insanity is its own manifesto. To a criminal trial lawyer, the term has several meanings and definitions. "Competent" to stand trial is actually a low-threshold legal matter. One merely has to be able to understand the nature and consequences of the charges and be able to assist in one...