OFF: urban guerilla (Unabomber)

[Bart Brugmans (aka Gekke Henkie)]

It is old news, but I couldn't stand sending it on!
Watch the last line....

--BArt


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Federal court agrees to hear Unabomber appeal

October 22, 1999

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -- A federal appeals court agreed Friday to hear
convicted Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski's bid for a new trial, reopening a
case which ended in 1998 when he pleaded guilty to a 17-year spree of
bombing terror.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said it found sufficient evidence to take
a fresh look at Kaczynski's contention that his guilty plea was coerced,
that he was inappropriately denied the right to self-representation, and
that he should have been allowed to block his lawyers from using a "mental
defect" defense strategy.
Kaczynski ended his trial almost before it got started by pleading guilty
to five bombings in exchange for a sentence of life in prison. The blasts
killed three people
He has subsequently argued from his jail cell that his rights were violated
and that his lawyers misrepresented him. He wants to withdraw his guilty
plea and go forward with a new trial despite the fact that it might end in
a death penalty.
The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit said the opening brief for Kaczynski's
appeal was due December 27, with an answering brief due by January 28 2000.
It also said that Kaczynski would have to pay $105 in docketing and filing
fees within 21 days -- or explain why he could not pay -- or the case would
be dismissed.
The former university mathematics professor was dubbed the "Unabomber" by
the FBI because the early targets of the 17-year anti-technology terror
spree were universities and airlines. The attacks also injured 23 people.

For more info:
http://www.unabombertrial.com/

Disney has bought the filmrights for a few million dollars........