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>Hans Reiser would likely never kill another person in his life if he was free.

You seriously think that he wouldn't kill again if his next wife or lover "betrayed him" in his mind? If you feel that way, why don't we just give his children a pass to murder him because he took their mother from them?

>If he could have full access to a computer he would have likely continued to learn and build things. Instead we dump him with the rest of the dregs of society

He murdered his wife, a crime to which he freely plead guilty. He is the dregs of society.