Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder

Anonymous Meoward writes "Today Hans Reiser was found guilty of first degree murder in Oakland, California. Quoting Wired: 'In a murder case with no body, no crime scene, no reliable eyewitness and virtually no physical evidence, the prosecution began the trial last November with a daunting task ahead... The turning point in the trial came when Reiser took the stand in his own defense March 3.' Whether he really did it or not, Hans basically just didn't know when to shut up."

Comments

Just goes to show...

[FroMan]

Just goes to show, even if you can write your own file system doesn't mean you can get away with murder.

Sad news...

[Paul_Hindt]

I really feel sorry for the guy. Regardless of whether or not he committed the murder, he was a good programmer and an important member of the open-source community. It is too bad that brilliant people are often plagued by mental instability. I hope that Reiser is really innocent and simply did a lot of weird things that were indicative to murder. I can imagine that if he was innocent, he probably felt that people were out to get him, but simply had to way to articulate a reasonable response to the charges. I certainly hope that the truth about his wife's whereabouts becomes known, regardless of the innocence of Reiser.

Re:US jury system does it again

[Bill, Shooter of Bul]

I think, he never should have been permitted to marry. Weather she died at his hands, or ran off to Russia, its abundantly clear it wasn't a very good match.

Re:NOT FLAMEBAIT

[stratjakt]

I disagree, you are a sicko nazi who likes to torture prepubescent boys before raping them!

HEY HEY!!!! NOT FLAMEBAIT!