AP: Theodore ‘Ted’ Kaczynski, known as the ‘Unabomber,’ has died in federal prison BBC: Unabomber Ted Kaczynski found dead in US prison cell NYT: Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern...
Theodore J. Kaczynski, the “Unabomber,” who killed three people and injured 23 in a bombing spree stretching from 1978 to 1995, died by suicide at a federal prison medical center in North Carolina early Saturday, according to three people familiar with the situation.
Emergency workers were called to Mr. Kaczynski’s cell at 12:23 a.m. at the Federal Medical Center, Butner, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Attempts to revive him in the prison and in an ambulance were unsuccessful, and he was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, officials said. He was 81.
I know justice and revenge are completely different things, but it kinda feels shitty that he got to live till 81 and go out on his own terms. But whatever, the world is better without him in it...
I know justice and revenge are completely different things, but it kinda feels shitty that he got to live till 81 and go out on his own terms. But whatever, the world is better without him in it either way.
My understanding is that his life was miserable after incarceration for some time. Whether or not that qualifies for revenge depends on your perspective, I guess. At the end of the day, he went...
My understanding is that his life was miserable after incarceration for some time. Whether or not that qualifies for revenge depends on your perspective, I guess. At the end of the day, he went from a prodigal mathematician to a lonely old man in a cage.
AP: Theodore ‘Ted’ Kaczynski, known as the ‘Unabomber,’ has died in federal prison
BBC: Unabomber Ted Kaczynski found dead in US prison cell
NYT: Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern Life, Dies at 81
WaPo: Ted Kaczynski, who planted fear and death as the Unabomber, dies at 81
WSJ: Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski Dies in Federal Custody
NYT mirror in case of pay wall: https://archive.is/hhw9F
Update from the NYT: Kaczynski Is Said to Have Died by Suicide in Prison
I know justice and revenge are completely different things, but it kinda feels shitty that he got to live till 81 and go out on his own terms. But whatever, the world is better without him in it either way.
My understanding is that his life was miserable after incarceration for some time. Whether or not that qualifies for revenge depends on your perspective, I guess. At the end of the day, he went from a prodigal mathematician to a lonely old man in a cage.
Wow, talk about an end of an era. There are certainly many who won’t be missing him.