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Hans Reiser in Court Today

Posted by Hemos on from the the-case-grinds-on dept.

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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  1. Re:We had covered this story... by Fahrvergnuugen · · Score: 4, Informative

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  2. Think about his kids by chipster · · Score: 4, Informative

    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:

    An Education Fund for the Reiser children has been set up. Donations can be sent to 6114 LaSalle Ave. #127, Oakland, CA, 94611.
    (emphasis added)
  3. Free Hans by Dr+Kool,+PhD · · Score: 5, Informative

    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:

    http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_256204954.h tml

    Hans Reiser, on the other hand, is a linux developer.

    Guess which one the cops arrested and which one isn't even a suspect?

    1. Re:Free Hans by Dr+Kool,+PhD · · Score: 5, Informative

      Hans drove a CRX which is a popular car among street racers for its light weight. People remove the passenger seat, rear wiper, AC, and other parts from their CRXs all the time for additional weight reduction. The fact that Hans' passenger seat was removed is no shock, of all the cars on the road I'd guess that CRXs are most likely to have the seat taken out.

  4. Re:Give him a laptop and let him work by Dhalka226 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm perfectly content with punishment, but come on:

    Yes , rehabilitation is where its at as the triumpant success of this liberal policy over the last few decades has shown ... oh wait....

    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.

  5. Re:We had covered this story... by jackbird · · Score: 4, Informative

    OJ didn't get off on a technicality, he got off on a gullible jury and an outmatched prosecutor.

  6. Re:+1 Informative on the MQR standard by LurkerXXX · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

  7. Re:Compass first, GPS second; always. by bmo · · Score: 4, Informative

    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