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...life-style of the man on trial. Burrell overruled Kaczynski's objections to this plan on the grounds that the lawyers, not the client, should be in control of defense strategy. "The standard for the conduct of criminal cases says that the client has the choice of whether to plead guilty or not, or whether to take the stand or not," observes Stanford University law professor Barbara Babcock, "but I don't think that the tactical decision of what defenses to raise...
SACRAMENTO: So another attempt to end the tortured spectacle of the Unabomber trial has failed. It's being reported ? and not denied by the Justice Department ? that Ted Kaczynski made a second offer to plead guilty in exchange for his life. But Reno's men turned down the deal because it left a remote chance Kaczynski could someday go free. The court is still considering the issue of Kaczynski's competency, and if the Unabomber suspect were found mentally unfit, any plea bargain deal would go out of the window. That would not automatically give Kaczynski...
...trial promises to be as much a spectacle as the preceding manhunt. Prosecutors, confident of a conviction and seeking the death penalty, have turned down a deal in which the mathematician-turned-hermit would plead guilty and serve life without parole...
Kaczynski's Reported Deal Bid Fails The Justice Department has reportedly turned down an offer from Unabomber-accused Theodore Kaczynski to plead guilty in exchange for life imprisonment. Did they make a mistake...
...wishy-washy, but I simply enjoy variety and I understand that each type of underwear serves its purpose. I do not ask every man to take my approach, but I do ask everyone to understand why someone might logically choose to wear a different type of underwear. I plead for tolerance. No purpose is served by putting down other people's underwear or claiming that there is some divine underwear preference...