Hans Reiser

Maybe he confessed for both reasons. Or maybe he confessed for reasons that had nothing to do with Reiser or the jury. He denied having anything to do with Hans' wife's disappearance. He told Josh, "Give me some sodium pentothal or any truth...

In this article: Stephen Elliott, San Francisco, Gawker, and Wired Magazine

...everyone has removed the disgusting comment, so I'm sure you can find it if you want. But, here's a summary of his beliefs: Hans Reiser was justified in murdering his ex-wife since she divorced him; the only down-side is that he can't...

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...are owed diplomatic immunity or something. Everybody feels for their own. Witness the number of linux geeks who refused to believe Hans Reiser (who developed the RFS file system for linux) guilty, some even after he was convicted and led...

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...detective types swarmed toward the ridgetop trail. I asked the guy in the KTVU van what the fuss was about. "Hans Reiser finally confessed," he told me. "He's leading the cops to his wife's body right now." "On July 7, 2008, two days before...

In this article: Stephen Elliott, Oakland, Happy Baby, and San Francisco

Defense attorney William DuBois and Hans Reiser confer during Reiser's murder trial. Hans Reiser wants a trial do-over. Reiser is the Linux guru who in April was convicted of the first-degree murder of his estranged wife. He's the same...

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...10-page document handwritten from San Quentin State Prison and filed with Alameda County Superior Court earlier this month, Reiser wrote: "He has much in common with persons I was in conflict with during my divorce and identified with them to...

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...autopsy. But Wired reported that after the sentencing, prosecutor Paul Hora revealed some of the details from Reiser's confession. Reiser first punched Nina in the mouth, then strangled her to death, Hora said. Hora added that Reiser "stored...

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...The San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday, citing a source familiar with the investigation, that Reiser said he had strangled Nina. Of course, Reiser said a lot of things that weren't true. Hora emphasized that the deal "wouldn't have...

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...in prison. The ravine where the body was recovered was less than a mile from the house where Hans Reiser lived with his mother. The house is where Nina Reiser, 31, was last seen alive on Sept. 3, 2006, when she dropped off the couple's...

In this article: William Du Bois, Dog, and Europe

...kicked off his questioning by taking Reiser through his account of September 3, 2006, the last day Reiser says he saw his wife, Nina Reiser. Reiser said his wife had come to the house to drop off the couple's two children. The adults...

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