Telling His Story

Unabomber Theodore J. Kaczynski has landed a book deal to tell his story and will give the proceeds to his victims’ families, as stipulated in his plea agreement. “Truth Versus Lies” will be “an attempt to tell the other side of a one-sided tale that was spun by his family and his attorneys in their attempt to save him from the death penalty,” said Beau Friedlander, publisher of Context Media, which plans to publish the book in late May or June. Kaczynski is serving a life sentence for 16 bomb attacks that killed three people and wounded 29 others. He pleaded guilty last year to avoid the death penalty, but he reportedly believes he was unfairly coerced into making that plea and has hired a new lawyer to help him win a second trial.