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Hans Reiser in Court Today
An anonymous reader writes "Hans Reiser has pled not guilty to murdering his wife and invoked his right to a speedy trial. He will attend a hearing today where the judge will decide if the state has a case " We had covered this story back when it had first broke; and for those of you playing catch-up, Hans is the author of ReiserFS.
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I don't know about the rest of the Slashdotters here, but I have 3 kids. Hans has 2, who are in Protective Services right now (not a great place for the kids to be).
Key point about the kids from TFA:
(emphasis added)Nina's boyfriend Sean Sturgeon allegedly practices BDSM, raped Nina, engages in "death yoga", made death threats against Hans, cheated with a married woman, and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Hans Reiser:
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http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_256204954.
Hans Reiser, on the other hand, is a linux developer.
Guess which one the cops arrested and which one isn't even a suspect?
Not quite. If a full jury (every single member) finds you not guilty, you are done. If any single member can not make up their mind, it is a mistrial, and the state gets to try again. And again. And again.
I'm perfectly content with punishment, but come on:
The United States has the most people in prison of any country in the world--including China, Russia, and the third-world countries we like to lambaste as having no respect for law.
The rate of people in US prisons--737 per 100,000--is the highest in the world. It is roughly seven times the average rate in other western countries of the world.
I'm fairly certain our numbers with regard to some countries (China, etc) are not wholly accurate, but there's obviously an issue here, particularly as we compare our rates to other western nations.
In the face of numbers like that, it's incredibly hard to support your contention that we've had some "liberal policy" of justice for "decades." (Article here with these facts; you can find it from any number of other sources as well. I'm pretty sure I read it on Yahoo News from the AP a few days ago.)
The US has always been conservative on the issue of justice. Punishments are getting harsher, not more lenient. We still execute people--and I'm not interested in debating whether that is right or wrong, merely pointing it out as a difference between us and most other western countries, and it's hard to deny that executions are the harshest form of justice short of torture, which isn't really justice at all.
Actually if I recall correctly she was Russian, and studying to be a medical doctor.
OJ didn't get off on a technicality, he got off on a gullible jury and an outmatched prosecutor.
Peace and love man... Yes , rehabilitation is where its at as the triumpant success of this liberal policy over the last few decades has shown ... oh wait....
The right wingers seem to mention the liberal policy all the time but I'd like to ask which liberal policy are they refering to? we seem to be locking more people up all the time and it isn't doing any good.
Maybe if there was a real liberal policy inplace you would see the difference.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
er, ALL of the points seem to be hearsay from the article. All were claims by Hans, and nothing was reported to substantiate those claims.
I'm sure the police would have looked at her current love interest, and apparently they didn't find cause to suspect him as much as Reiser.
Not quite true. Firstly, this only applies to England and Wales. Scotland still has the "no double jeopardy" rule. Secondly, the state can try once for a second trial, but only if evidence which could not have been available at the initial trial is available. ISTR that permission from the House of Lords is needed to even launch another trial - and the HoL will refuse if the evidence is not the sort which would have radically altered the original outcome if not challenged. Also, I think that the offences covered for this sort of double jeopardy must be the most serious type (murder, rape, etc.)
I can't say I really approve of it (equality of arms, and all that), but then, we don't have the death penalty, so it's not like a defendant appeal couldn't be launched. The first conviction under these rules was for someone who had been acquitted and then confessed publicly to the murder [although even a freely given confession doesn't necessarily count as new evidence!]
The block who 'fessed up pleaded guilty at the second trial. See here for more details.
--Ng
I personally carry an inexpensive Garmin GPS. An old-style one with a B&W LCD that cost me $70.00 US. It takes 2 AA batteries, and I always carry a spare 4 pack of those, plus more in my laptop bag. I NEVER travel without it, as I keep it in my Glove-Box and test it before every trip. That plus a laptop loaded with Google-earth, a 9 cell laptop battery and a power inverter to plug in with, and I just plain don't get lost. If I could afford it I would invest in a Garmin or Tom-Tom Nav system,but I don't have the $600.00 to spend on it.
My point being that nobody has an excuse to travel without GPS. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on a full Nav system, a small handheld GPS is good enough for emergencies. If you can spend $250-$600 US on a freaking GAME CONSOLE, you can spend $100.00 for a handheld GPS. Kim should have had one, we all should when we travel.
Ultimately, the biggest mistake Kim made was to leave the car. He wasn't stuck off the road or buried in a snow drift, and the car wasn't in any immediate danger. It would have been cold, but with a car full of people to generate body-heat it would have been tolerable. NEVER leave your car in a situation like that unless you are in imminent danger (IE: car fire, car sinking in a lake, avalanche about to bury you, Etc.) Your car is a big shiny chunk of painted metal and glass, MUCH easier to pick out in the snow than your tiny little human body. That, and you can run the engine for brief periods to keep warm, and use the car lights to signal with at night. Make sure your car isn't covered in snow, and keep the tailpipe area well clear of any drifting so you won't asphyxiate on exhaust fumes. Then just sit back and wait for rescue.
If Kim had done this instead of trekking off into the wilderness he'd be alive today. Now all we can do is mourn him and try to learn from his mistakes.
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Que bono? Who benefits?
That's cui bono... it's Latin, not Spanish.
No, ultimately, his biggest mistake was to try to get across the Coast Range on Forest Service roads in November. This is stupid whether you have GPS or not. In Oregon, you stick to main roads in winter unless (a) you know the area very well or (b) you have a very urgent reason to be on those roads. And you sure as hell don't drive them at night if you can avoid it.
That is all.
You could also use a trash of some sort: Use
'Yes, firefox is indeed greater than women. Can women block pops up for you? No. Can Firefox show you naked women? Yes.'
Son: Now that you mention it, I may have.
Police: Did they tell you you stay in the basement?
Son: Now that you mention it, they may have.
Police: Good. Now what else can you tell us without us influencing your answers in any way?
Police: (to themselves) we better not mention anything about Sean Sturgeon else we might have to investigate a person we have not already decided did it
news article:
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When I did Cadets (think military version of Scouts with rifles...No, not the drunken Scouts) in high school we did a lot of survival training and fielded based exercises. The simple lesson in nearly every scenario that involved a group of less than ten with limited supplies in a remote location (with the assumption that in less than three weeks people would start to look for you) was that you never, ever, ever leave the location you ended up at. If you look at history you'll see this is a strong reality that is repeated over and over...Give in to that urge to try and 'make it on your own' you will simply die.
I ate your fish.
Even if you forgot your compass, you can always do this trick if you've got an analogue watch:
This works in the Northern Hemisphere.
Take the watch off your wrist and hold it horizontally.
Point the hour hand at the sun.
Halfway between that and 12 is South.
It's not accurate to one degree, but for getting un-lost, it's close enough.
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BMO