he was lead counsel on ted kaczynski's defense team. i would be remiss if i did not introduce one other individual who is present, but not on the panel, the judge who presided over the kaczynski proceedings judge burrell. to get off the discussion, why don't you tell us how you got involved in the unabomber investigation and how that came about. >> like most agents, it was reluctant involvement. april 1, 1994, at about 12:35 p.m., i could probably give you seconds, down in the palo alto agency, where was very happy judge, working national security cases, i received a call from our assistant special agent at the time. he said that he just got off the phone with jim freeman, our special agent in charge of time, here is what i had to ask you. how would you like to come up to san francisco and take over the unabom task force, which is been established after the 1993 simultaneous bombings, both of those mail from here in sacramento to different parts of the country. i smiled to myself and said, that's a nice offer ed, i'm good here. i love pa

he was lead counsel on ted kaczynski's defense team. i would be remiss if i did not introduce one other individual who is present, but not on the panel, the judge who presided over the kaczynski proceedings judge burrell. to get off the discussion, why don't you tell us how you got involved in the unabomber investigation and how that came about. >> like most agents, it was reluctant involvement. i can give you the seconds, down in the palo alto section. i received the call of the -- he said i just got off the phone with joe freeman. which had just been established in 1993, after the simultaneous i smiled to myself and said that's a nice offer, ed, i'm good here. i love palo alto. i love being around stanford, so i'm good. but thank you. there is a pause and he said it was not a multiple-choice question. [laughter] i would like you to consider coming up here as soon as you can. so i said, ok, how about one month. that will give me time to wrap up everything here and we can find a new active supervisor and i will head up to san francisco.

. >> next, a discussion on the taste -- case against ted kaczynski. a colorado panel looks at the law that >> relation and marijuana. -- that legalized recreational marijuana. ted kaczynski played guilty to killing three people and injuring 23 others with homemade bombs between 1978-1995. in november, the prosecutor and the defense attorney discussed the case. they were joined by the head of the fbi's unabom task force and one of the victims. from sacramento, california, were court proceedings took place, this is one hour and 50 minutes.

ted bundy. theodore kaczynski. jeffrey dahmer.ach failed or ultimately pleaded guilty. >> we will file an appeal this week for him. we think involuntary based on state of mind. that will be one specific thing that will be attacked on appeal. >> reporter: tonight, the jurors who rejected ralph's defense say they will rest easy after a decision that was anything but. >> you look out. no matter what was being delivered there's a family on one side of the courtroom suffering. there's a family on the other side of the courtroom suffering. knowing end of the day your decision is not going to fix any of this for any of them. >> reporter: that may be true but perhaps it's some consolation for taya kyle the widow who posted that "god bless the jury" on facebook with a link to this pete working. ♪ >> reporter: saying "this song is me, it is chris, it is me. it is all the people who carry chris in the hearts he left behind." i'm ryan owens for "nightline" in stevenville, texas. >> so what do you think of the verdict? should the jury have tak