Death Penalty Foes Hire Unabomber’s Brother
David Kaczynski, who helped authorities identify his brother as the Unabomber and then fought to save him from a death sentence, has been chosen as the head of an anti-death penalty group.
Kaczynski, of Schenectady, N.Y., begins his new role today with the nonprofit group New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty, spokeswoman Colleen Ryan said.
Theodore J. Kaczynski pleaded guilty in 1998 to three mail bomb murders and 23 nonfatal mail bombings. He is serving a life sentence.
In 1996, David Kaczynski and his wife, Linda Patrik, told authorities that they believed Theodore Kaczynski was the Unabomber. Since then, the couple has criticized capital punishment as well as the execution of mentally ill criminals.
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