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Weiss, who pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy, is scheduled to be sentenced on June 2. In a binding plea agreement reached earlier this year, Weiss agreed to
pay about $10 million in fines and forfeiture and serve 18 to 33 months
in prison. In court papers, Weiss’ lawyers, Benjamin Brafman, of Brafman &
Associates, paints [...]

William Lerach, Weiss’ former law partner, recently checked into the federal prison at Lompoc, California, to begin serving 24 monthsthe maximum time allowed under his plea agreement for his part in the conspiracy. Weiss, by contrast, has expressed nothing but shame since pleading guilty on March 20. The voluminous materials filed by Weiss’ defense team [...]

In April 1995 Kaczynski sent a copy of his manifesto (commonly called the Unabomber Manifesto,) to The New York Times, promising to desist from terrorism if the Times would publish it. Agents arrested Kaczynski on April 3, 1996, at his remote cabin outside Lincoln, Montana. To avoid the death penalty, Kaczynski entered into a plea [...]