Hans Reiser to Sell Company

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Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday December 21, 2006 @05:09PM from the will-order-bits-for-cash dept.

DVega writes "Due to increasing legal costs, murder suspect Hans Reiser is seeking to sell his company. His lawyer William DuBois said he is running out of money to pay for his defense. DuBois added, 'This is a unique opportunity for someone to buy the company for pennies on the dollar. We welcome all vultures.' This is a good opportunity to own a filesystem and rename it after your own."

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Re:Nice quote by 13bPower · 2006-12-21 17:20 · Score: 5, Insightful

It's even funnier because he has to sell the company to pay the lawyer.
This is sad ... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-12-21 17:20 · Score: 5, Insightful

If he turns out to be innocent, it will be just that much sadder -- he will have lost his wife and be ruined. A justice system that is so where money often plays such a key role in influencing the outcome is a very disfunctional justice system.
1. Re:This is sad ... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-12-21 17:42 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  actually, I thought the opposite. It's sad that someone may be able to buy his way out of a murder conviction and walk away a free man.
2. Re:This is sad ... by tonyr1988 · 2006-12-21 17:47 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  or is USA run by evil lawyers?
  You must be new here.
3. Re:This is sad ... by powerlinekid · 2006-12-21 18:34 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  My thought exactly...
  
  Its especially interesting because hes supposed to be a smart guy. You'd think the last thing you want to do is purchase a book about homicide investigations when you think you're the main suspect in a homicide investigation.
  
  Yeah yeah, maybe he wanted to know how to procede and was honestly curious in a non-sinister way. It still looks extremely suspicious.
  
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4. Re:This is sad ... by jesboat · 2006-12-21 18:46 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  It's not sad at all that he should be able to buy his way out of a murder conviction if he's innocent.
  
  It'll be sad if he buys his way out of the conviction when he's guilty, but we don't know that he's guilty yet.
  
  It's saddest for you to assume that he's guilty and if he'd need to buy his way out of a murder conviction if he's innocent.
5. Re:This is sad ... by rastos1 · 2006-12-21 19:13 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  The point is that "you can afford one" as long as you have any property. You have to spend it all, before you are entitled to ex-offo. When all is said and done, you are left with nothing. Even if you win.
6. Re:This is sad ... by shadowmas · 2006-12-21 20:34 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  True it's sad to see an guilty person walk free.
  
  But it's sadder to see a innocent person goto prison.
Prosecute murder with no body? by fishbowl · 2006-12-21 18:32 · Score: 4, Insightful

Can they actually prosecute a homicide with no body?
What would happen if he were convicted, and then Ms. Reiser shows up?
How can you claim someone is guilty of murder before you have declared the
victim is dead? Or if the victim is dead, has life insurance been collected, for instance?
I really don't see how you can have "murder" without a body, remains of a body, or some specific claim as to how the body was disposed of.

On the other hand, I *can* see how you could justify holding such a suspect without bail, sort of.
He should, at a minimum, explain where the seat from his Honda can be found. Seems like that might clear up a few things. (They locate that seat, find it isn't covered with blood and bone fragments or whatever they expect to find... That sort of thing would be pretty embarrassing to the prosecution, I'd guess.)

Of course, if I were a betting man, my money would not exactly be riding on Hans' innocence. The car seat bothers me a lot. (The State of California is required to presume his innocence, but I am not, unless I happen to get called on his jury...)

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Re:Funny... by Splab · 2006-12-21 20:25 · Score: 4, Insightful

And a missing front seat? Perhaps it was raining, and he forgot to close the door and the seat was spoiled - which would explain the soked rug. Lets see a body before we call it murder...
How much is it worth? by haeger · 2006-12-21 20:57 · Score: 4, Insightful

How much is it worth without Hans Reiser? He's the lead architect isn't he, the one with all the good ideas. Or is he a part of the deal. If aquitted he'll come work for you and if not you'll provide him with a laptop in his cell?
.haeger

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Re:WinFS by zerocool^ · 2006-12-22 02:22 · Score: 5, Insightful

Dude, welcome to linux. Windows has One File System(tm) because... it's easier. Linux has 129 filesystems because 129 different people think each one is the best at what it does.

I love linux, but sometimes too much choice is a bad thing. If linux was a car, there'd be 18 steering wheels and no air conditioning, but you'd be able to change the radio stations from the hubcaps.

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