Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder

[Tyler Aviss]

>>this is a sad loss of life for one

This is one of the things that I always found interesting though. No
body (not that it's not *that* hard to hide/destroy one), evidence so
massively incriminating that it runs into the realm of stupidity, a
soap-opera of conflicting stories, the tale of a Russian bride, and
that - last time I heard - the kids had been packed off to Russia with
their grandparents.

In my mind, the question has actually been so much "did Hans do it" (a
murder), as "did it actually occur." Certainly it would be a great bit
of revenge to drop some really incriminating "evidence," disappear,
and then (now or later) fly back to Russia and meet up with the kids.
Saves the court costs, gets the ex tossed in the slammer, gets her the
kids (possibly even child-support from Hans' estate?), and who knows
what else.

I can't say whether the jury was right or wrong in sending ol' Hans to
jail, but I do wonder if we'll be hearing more strange and interesting
details from this story in years to come.


On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 9:48 PM, William O'Higgins Witteman
<william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 09:38:42PM -0400, Christopher Browne wrote:
>  >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
>
>
> >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.
>
>  I would like to point out that, barring surprises and dogs, all of us on
>  this list are human - a condition notorious for a smooth and
>  frighteningly wide range of grey betwixt black and white.  Regardless of
>  what actually happened, this is a sad loss of life for one, of liberty
>  for another, but it is no more a reflection of the open source community
>  (and no less, BTW) than Al Capone's actions reflect on the distillers'.
>  --
>
>  yours,
>
>  William
>
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