Brother of Unabomber says death penalty is no solution to violence

Published: 2004-01-05

CONVENT STATION, N.J. (CNS) -- David Kaczynski, who led federal investigators to his brother, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, in 1996, spoke out against the death penalty in a recent talk at St. Elizabeth College in Convent Station. "The more you learn and think about the death penalty, the less likely you are to support it," Kaczynski said. "There exists a serious inequity in the structure of the system. The worst lawyers are reserved for the poorest individuals." On hand were members of New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium, who believe that there should be a Senate vote in New Jersey to allow for a moratorium on capital punishment. "There needs to be a 'timeout' to study the death penalty in this state, and hopefully realize that, ultimately, it is not effective," Kaczynski said. "There has not been an execution in New Jersey in decades, yet the government continues to spend millions of dollars on it."

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