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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.
Way to RTFA...
"We had covered this story back when it had first broke; "
Yet somehow you managed to never run a single story on James Kim.
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That would presume that the function of prison is to rehabilitate people into useful members society, rather than to exact emotionally driven revenge through punishment.
Personally I like the fact that national media leaves a lot of local stories uncovered. It gives the accused a chance to have an unbiased jury, though a change of venue may be required. If they're cleared, the minimal media slam means they can rebuild elsewhere after the page 2 apologies fails to change the minds of those who "know" they're guilty.
Papparatzi chasing famous people while they make fools of themselves in public is one thing. That same mentality destroying careers on the basis of accusation instead of conviction is not what "freedom of speech" was ever about.
Canadian courts typically restrict publication from the initial hearing onwards. The only time you see further information is if the defense is making preliminary statements about their planned approach, especially if they expect to raise constitutional or human rights issues. That serves to warn the bar that there may be a precedence case coming up.
I hope the accusations turn out false, but Hans' infamous temper isn't going to help him with this argument.
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You guys are lucky! Here in the UK they Government/Police can keep trying again and again until they get the result they want.
Those accusations were made by Hans and they did nothing but draw attention to the fact he is as nutty as a fruit cake.
Thank you media for not blowing this up to Scott Peterson level.
Reiser's wife probrably wasn't as attractive as Laci Peterson. The media only showcases good looking victims.
was the revenge bit, which was at the center of that argument. Do you really think revenge is going to do any good? You know where an 'eye for an eye' leads to? If you need to kill somebody to feel better, no matter what the circumstances, you belong behind bars or in a psychiatric ward.
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Reiser's wife probrably wasn't as attractive as Laci Peterson. The media only showcases good looking victims.
Other factors:
Laci was pregnant. Laci went missing on Christmas Eve (I believe). Laci had a lot of friends and a large family, all of whom coordinated a media blitz.
That's mainly because of the bullshit drug war though. If you remove drug "crimes" we'd have a lot less people in prison.
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Nina's boyfriend Sean Sturgeon allegedly practices BDSM, raped Nina, engages in "death yoga", made death threats against Hans...
And Hans is allegedly a murderer, what's your point?
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Guess which one the cops arrested and which one isn't even a suspect?
I'm going with "The one who all the evidence points to", namely Hans.
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Well, in theory 'can not make up their mind' means 'reasonable doubt' which should equal not guilty. So the state should only succeed when they have an iron-clad case. Reality, of course, is rarely so simple.
This has nothing to do with rehabilitation. Where did you see that word in my post or are you just trolling...?
Wow, gross generalizations about people of a specific nationality.
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Vengeance is not justice - it's a triumph of raw emotion over rational thinking. It may be satisfying to some, but it's not something on which a safe and stable society can be built upon.
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In the UK the liberals have taken over the asylum.
So how do you account for the fact the prsion population is at a record high, and higher as a proportion of the population than just about any country apart from the US and China? Doesn't sound very liberal to me.
They aren't saints, but using drugs as an excuse to put "undesirable" people away is a very dangerous precedent.
Selective enforcement of laws that makes everyone a criminal is a sure road to oppression.
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Eating, sleeping and going to the gym is not exactly living hell.
That's what all the anal rape is for.
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Just because Reiser says he does those things does not mean he does.
And with that said, BDSM is not unhealthy, unnatural, or indicate further problems. Maybe more deviant than other sexual practices, but not abnormal.
Dude, that's not Russian Women.
That's ALL women.
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I'm sure the cops might screw up. But if this guy had drugged her several times, was into 'death yoga', yadda, yadda, yadda, don't you think she'd tell a close friend or family member about this before she told her estranged husband? If a woman I knew disappeared and I knew that about the boyfriend, I'd be all over the cops to check it out, and make sure reporters EVERYWHERE heard about it so that they'd add on the pressure to quadruple check the boyfriends alibi. Why haven't we heard about any of her family or friends telling this in the news? Instead it's only come from Hans, her estranged husband, and suspect in the case...
I certainly haven't seen all the evidence, but from what I've heard so far, it just doesn't look good for Hans.
Nina's boyfriend Sean Sturgeon allegedly practices BDSM
Assuming that's true, exactly how does practicing BDSM mean you're a likely murder suspect?
raped Nina, made death threats against Hans
Both hearsay arguments made by Hans. I'd like to see some kind of evidence for this other than an ex-husbands allegations.
engages in "death yoga"
I didn't know what this was until I read the article, but apparently it's just slowing down your heart rate. How does that have anything to do with someone being a likely murder suspect? Oh it does have the word "death" in it, so it must somehow involve actually killing people. Are people who listen to "death metal" also potential murder suspects?
cheated with a married woman,
This is probbably at least likely (since the two were together before her death). But what does it have to do with him being a murder suspect?
and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Hans Reiser:
Another allegation by Reiser which we have no other real evidence for. But even if true, why is that a motive for him to murder Nina?
Hans Reiser, on the other hand, is a linux developer.
Ahh.. well obviously if he does anything I personally like and approve of he can't be a murder suspect.
Guess which one the cops arrested and which one isn't even a suspect?
Maybe the one who Nina Reiser had a temporary restraining order against him in 2004 for allegedly pushing her? A restraining order is really easy to get and isn't proof that Hans was violent. But it at least shows she was afraid of him. I don't know if Hans did it, the other guy did it, or neither. But the facts that we have point more toward Hans at the moment. Casting suspicion on someone who you have really no evidence to suspect is simply dishonest.
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Well, not to question the integrity or competence of the journalist who wrote the story, but I question the integrity and competence of the journalist who wrote the story.
This one mentions that he was sued for not paying child support. I'm guessing a significant portion of that $8k was child support, not actual alimony. I feel strongly that if you willfully create a life, you should be held responsible for it/them, and it shouldn't take a court order to make it happen.
Although I do think alimony is complete BS. But that's what prenups are for.
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Recall the case of Chandra Levy, once an intern working for former Congressman Condit. When she vanished, many people had no problem believing she had been murdered, and thinking up motives Condit might have for doing it, with the most popular being so that she couldn't talk about the affair he had with her. Circumstantial evidence started pouring out, and things were looking very bad for Condit for a while. Condit lost the next election, but was never arrested or charged, and a year later they found Levy's remains, which enabled them to come up with scenarios that happened not to involve Condit at all. Last I recall, the most likely perpetrator is thought to be a particular thug who was in the area at the time.
Maybe Reiser has stronger motives. Maybe the reason no body has been found is that Reiser is too smart to slip up that way. Talk about having a geek reputation come back to haunt someone! If he's so smart, wouldn't he have thought of other ways out of his difficulties? Smart enough to get away with murder (maybe) but not smart enough to think of other actions that would serve his purposes, or realize how just the suspicion of murder would trouble him for years even if it was never pinned on him? Doesn't add up. Maybe Nina went for a jog and some random criminal did it. We don't know. The state arresting Reiser without better evidence is looking like a mistake. Either they're needlessly harassing an innocent, or they're blowing their chance to put the murderer away.
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