Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Sat 30th Aug 2008 13:50 UTC
In the News 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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RE: Comment by JMcCarthy
by averycfay on Sat 30th Aug 2008 14:17 UTC in reply to "Comment by JMcCarthy"
averycfay
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2005-08-29

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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RE[2]: Comment by JMcCarthy
by JMcCarthy on Sat 30th Aug 2008 14:22 in reply to "RE: Comment by JMcCarthy"
JMcCarthy Member since:
2005-08-12

Yes, it would've helped to RTFA. :-)

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