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The United States of America versus Theodore John Kaczynski, ethics, power and the invention of the Unabomber, Michael Mello

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-348) and index

contains biographical information

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non fiction

The United States of America versus Theodore John Kaczynski

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Michael Mello

ethics, power and the invention of the Unabomber

"On January 22, 1998, after a dramatic behind-the-scenes legal struggle, Montana recluse Theodore Kaczynski entered an unconditional plea of guilt in exchange for three life sentences. There were competing views on Kaczynski: hero of radical environmentalism, paranoid schizophrenic, insidious sociopath, revolutionary, Machiavellian genius. Only one thing was clear: Ted Kaczynski did not get his day in court. This is the story of a court system that lost sight of its constitutional duties. Mello traces a path through the ethical hall of mirrors created by Kaczynski's capital defense to expose the conflicts of interest and the ideological underpinnings that led to the plea he now seeks to vacate. Other details of the proceedings, such as the prosecution's plan to use Kaczynski's private journals, are equally disturbing. Mello analyzes the private diaries of public figures including Anne Frank, Ronald Reagan, Mary Chestnut, and Bob Packwood, raising troubling questions about our Constitution's ability to protect individual privacy."--BOOK JACKET

Ch. 1. Inventing the Unabomber (Reinventing John Brown) -- Ch. 2. The Unabomber Non-Trial: Kafka comes to Town -- Ch. 3. Considerations -- Ch. 4. John Brown's Body -- Ch. 5. The Politics of Insanity -- Ch. 6. Live Free or Die (You decide.) -- Ch. 7. The Missing Link -- App. Government's Sentencing Memorandum

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