Linux guru and convicted murdered Hans Reiser was handed a prison sentence of 15-to-life Friday, putting a final capstone on a case that began as a murder mystery, and ended with Reiser leading police to a makeshift grave a short distance from where he strangled his wife.
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They cut his sentence because he dropped his right to appeal meaning the state saves money. There's also almost no chance that he'll be paroled after only 15 years. Maybe if he had plead guilty initially and shown remorse, but he did neither.
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They cut his sentence because he dropped his right to appeal meaning the state saves money. There's also almost no chance that he'll be paroled after only 15 years. Maybe if he had plead guilty initially and shown remorse, but he did neither.