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Jan 9, 2009 12:31 pm US/Pacific

SF Court Rules Unabomber Papers To Be Sold Online

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― A federal appeals court has ordered the writings of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski be sold online.

The decision Friday upholds a lower court ruling on the matter.

Proceeds from the sale will be given to Kaczynski's victims and their survivors. A judge had ordered Kaczynski to pay $15 million restitution.

Representing himself, Kaczynski had objected to the online sale and argued that he should retain control of the papers.

The 66-year-old mathematician who became a technology hating recluse is serving a life sentence for mailing and planting homemade bombs that killed three people and injured 23 others between 1978 and 1995.

Most of the victims worked in fields of science, technology or industry. The case was dubbed "Unabom" because early targets included universities and airlines.

Circuit Judge Michael Hawkins wrote, "The sale of Kaczynski's property is undoubtedly a sensitive issue for everyone involved.

Hawkins continued, "Although the unnamed victims have legitimate reasons for not seeking restitution personally, the government nevertheless has an obligation to attempt to obtain funds for those who did."

The appeals court also ruled that bomb-making materials and instructions seized during Kaczynski's arrest and raid at his Montana cabin in 1996 should be destroyed.

(© CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The Associated Press and Bay City News contributed to this report.)

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