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Defense opposes computers in Unabomber suspect's trial
September 10, 1997
Web posted at: 1:25 p.m. EDT (1725 GMT)SACRAMENTO, California (CNN) -- Defense lawyers for Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski want computers banned from court in his trial this fall.
The attorneys argued Tuesday that using computers in court could lead to a "televised show-and-tell" that would inflame the jury against their client.
Prosecutors have proposed using a computerized system that would transfer the numerous documents and photographs in the case onto compact disc. Television and computer monitors would be used to display the documents for the judge, the jury and attorneys on both sides.
Kaczynski, 55, faces trial November 12 on a 10-count federal indictment charging him with four of the 16 bombings attributed to the Unabomber. Two of the four blasts were fatal. The former Berkeley math professor is charged separately in a fatal New Jersey bombing.
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