Some victims are upset with his life sentence. They wanted death. Rudolph's ex-sister-in-law says,

Rudolph is hardly getting off easy. She said being kept in solitary confinement with only one hour a day of fresh air is a fitting punishment for an outdoorsman who hated the government.

"Knowing that he's living under government control for the rest of his life, I think that's worse to him than death," she said from her home in Nashville, Tenn.

Rudolph will go to a Supermax, probably the one in Florence, Colorado, known as "Alcatraz of the Rockies." It's certainly no picnic. Whether it's more desirable than death from the inmate's standpoint depends upon his or her view of life.

Among the more famous inmates at Florence: Richard Reid, "Shoe Bomber" - along with:

THEODORE KACZYNSKI, 56, the Unabomber, serving four consecutive life sentences.

TERRY NICHOLS, 43, now serving life for the Oklahoma City bombing

CHARLES HARRELSON, 59, the father of actor Woody Harrelson, is serving two life sentences for the murder of a federal judge.

RAYMOND LUC LEVASSEUR, 51, member of a U.S. radical group, serving 40 years for bombing buildings and attempted bombings in the 1970s.

EYAD ISMOIL, 27, serving 240 years for driving the rental van holding the bomb in the World Trade Center attack.

YU KIKUMURA, 46, Japanese Red Army terrorist, serving 30 years for transporting bombs in preparation for an attack on a Navy recruiting center.

LUIS FELIPE, 35, leader of New York's Latin Kings gang, who ordered the murders of six gang members from his jail cell and is serving a life sentence.

Once again, our congrats to the excellent defense team, headed by Judy Clarke, for saving Rudolph's life.

Update: This article reports that it was prosecutors who initiated plea offers.