Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder

[Christopher Browne]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Ansar Mohammed <ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/reiser-guilty-o.html
>
> OAKLAND, California -- Jurors found Linux programmer Hans Reiser guilty of
> first degree murder on Monday, concluding he killed his estranged wife in
> 2006. The verdict followed a nearly six-month trial and nearly three days of
> deliberation

I hate to be a "semantics nazi," but I find it fairly typical that the
title says "Hans Reiser Guilty" when what happened was "Hans Reiser
*FOUND* Guilty," which has the not-so-fine distinction that the former
implies a more-or-less absolute truth whilst the latter includes some
recognition of the fallibility of human choice.

He may have done it, though the evidence that has been reported seems
more circumstantial than strikes me as comforting.

It would be a shame, pointedly, if he was convicted as a result of the
judge's unflattering comments on Reiser's testimony.  Yes, he's
clearly quite a jerk when he chooses to be; that is NOT, in and of
itself, evidence of murder.

And supposing he did do what he has been found guilty of, this is also
a mighty uncomfortable thing.  It demonstrates that the community that
many of us identify with has a definite dark side.

Highly, highly regrettable situation.
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