Hans Reiser Interview on ABC's 20/20 482
baegucb_18706 noted that ABCs 20/20 has a lengthy article on the saga of the Hans Reiser murder trial. I'm not sure if this article provided any information that you might not have known if you read the earlier wired interview, but it's still a really strange story.
She's in Russia (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Good way to screw up your life Reiser (Score:3, Interesting)
Is he known as a murderer or the father of computer science?...I forget.
Re:She's in Russia (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:She's in Russia (Score:4, Interesting)
Soo... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:No body (Score:5, Interesting)
The cops/prosecution decided Reiser must be guilty since he's really weird, despite no real evidence that a crime was committed at all. Having followed the case locally (from across the bay), I and many others were surprised the case even passed basic plausibility by the judge holding the preliminary hearing.
The reality is, in fact, that she may very well be alive and well in Russia...
Re:He couldn't get a hotel room? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Soo... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:suicide is murder (Score:2, Interesting)
That is highly dependent on culture - In many cultures, you don't own yourself, the land or community owns you. If you suicide, you're stealing from the community you exist to serve.
Re:Reiser Must Die! (Score:3, Interesting)
Whichever it is, I'm happy to have had the chance to serve on a jury; I had the opportunity to diplomatically convince my fellow jurors to ignore the preconceived rantings of one prejudiced hick in our group and instead look at the evidence for the crime under consideration. Indeed, this hick happened to conclude guilty as I did - the difference was that I came to the conclusion based on what was presented to me throughout the case and after hours of discussion with my fellow jurors; this dolt had come to the decision by first recess on day one.
Re:No body (Score:3, Interesting)
Evidence has to be disclosed to the defense. Not to the media. The defense should (by this time) know all the evidence, and all the witnesses, that the prosecution is going to present (and vice-versa).
That does not mean that we, the public, already know all that evidence.
You can argue against what they've presented in support of their case so far -- I even said that it was refutable -- but that doesn't mean it's not evidence of a crime. It's just not strong evidence.
Re:She's in Russia (Score:3, Interesting)
Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics [ted.com]
Contradictions abound (Score:3, Interesting)
Another defense is that she moved back to Russia to get away from him.
Then there's the Russian gangster defense.
Don't forget the serial murder freind defense.
Re:Is that pic caption right? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:She's in Russia (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:She's in Russia (Score:3, Interesting)
Sorry, but I do not believe the living out of his car story one bit. People that do that do it as a last resort. Nobody lives in their car and walks around with 9000k in their pockets and runs a business. Being homeless is very very dangerous.
Also, if he had to tear out his seat because he was living in his car he would be able to tell the cops where and when he threw the seat out and they would be able to find it in a dumpster somewhere.