In order to effectively draw lessons about the modern realities of modern death penalty law, I encourage everyone to try to seriously imagine how one might seek as a defense attorney to avoid a death sentence for Theodore Kaczynski under the capital punishment statutes of Florida, Ohio and Texas. To aid in this endeavor, it will be useful to read up on Ted's life history and crimes. Here are some links to help with this task:
1. Wikipedia's entry on Theodore Kaczynski is pretty effective and has lots of additional links for additional information.
2. Court TV has this on-line archive with lots of reporting and information/links about Ted and his federal prosecution.
3. Time Magazine published this fascinating article about Ted 10 years ago. The headline and sub-heading of the article gives you a taste of some of its notable content:
"I Don't Want To Live Long. I Would Rather Get The Death Penalty Than Spend The Rest Of My Life In Prison": Ted Kaczynski talks about life in jail, his appeal plans and his brother David, who still struggles over the decision to turn in the Unabomber.
Sentencing Class @ OSU Moritz College of Law 
One response to “Background information on (your hypothetical capital client) Theodore Kaczynski”
The acts of insane and sane persons have the same biological and social determinacy. If insane people should not get executed, then people who can throw a baseball at 95 mph should not get $10 million contracts. Neither chose to be that way. Both practiced hard to improve their biologically based behavior.
The sole justification for keeping the bomber alive is to generate massive lawyer employment for three entities, the prosecution, the defense and the court. That explains the anomalous decisions of the conservative Supreme Court, forbidding such executions. These criminal lovers just make up law in accordance with personal preference for lawyer rent seeking. Then, they lie about the Eighth Amendment, as a pretext, for the hypocritical appearance of virtue.
Lawyer and law student test. Say the V word. No lawyer or law student can utter the V word out loud. It sticks in their craw, chokes and gags them. Victim. Why? No fees from crime victims.
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