Which Way, L.A.?
Kaczynski
Mad or bad? Accused Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski has turned the justice system upside down as the courts try to balance his rights against his competence. What happens when mental illness and the criminal justice system collide? What about victims -- and families of ill criminals?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readDr. Fuller Torrey: Clinical and research psychiatrist based in Washington, DC. Guest researcher with National Institute of Mental Health. Author of 15 books on mental illness. Michael Rushford: President, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation. Harlan Braun: One of L.A.'s most prominent defense attorneys. Dean Laurie Levenson: Associate Dean and professor of criminal law, Loyola Marymount Law School. Former Assistant US Attorney. Reverend R. Leroy Moser: Retired Protestant clergyman, father of a mentally ill man who has been in and out of the criminal justice system. Linda Priebe: Senior Staff Attorney, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (formerly the Mental Health Law Project) Dr. Richard Brown: Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; Professor at UCLA's School of Public Health. Jim Newton: Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times.
