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Unabomber Battles Auction

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 10, 2009 3:36 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Unabomber Ted Kacynski is battling plans by the federal government to auction his belongings, including diaries, typewriters, a hatchet, and his trademark sunglasses and hooded jacket, reports CNN. Proceeds of the sales will go to four wounded survivors of his  mail bomb attacks who are owed $15 million awarded to them in a civil suit. In a hand-written legal document, Kacynski has noted that a district court order allowing the auction "violates K's First Amendment rights."

"I don't think he has any rights to anything," said renowned geneticist Charles Epstein, who was injured by a bomb delivered to his San Francisco home in 1993. "I regard him as the essence of evil. He has no compassion." Kacynski's only avenue of appeal to the district court ruling is to the US Supreme Court.

The cabin used by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski is seen on display at the Newseum in Washington. It's on loan from the FBI Tour.
The cabin used by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski is seen on display at the Newseum in Washington. It's on loan from the FBI Tour.   (AP Photo/Newseum, James P. Blair)
Unabomber Ted Kacynski after his arrest.
Unabomber Ted Kacynski after his arrest.
This witness composite of the Unabomber was sketched and distributed when the FBI was hunting for the illusive criminal.
This witness composite of the Unabomber was sketched and distributed when the FBI was hunting for the illusive criminal.
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NxBigmouthery
Jun 10, 2009 11:23 AM CDT
Shouldn't have gone around blowing people up, Teddy.

 
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