[JauntTrooper]

I wasn’t familiar with the Reiser case, but just read it.

He murdered his wife, hid the body, lied and denied it vigorously in court, was found guilty of premeditated (first degree) murder, and bargained it down to second degree murder charges by showing the police where he buried her body. I think a life sentence is reasonable for that.

[rlanday]

He was offered and declined a plea bargain that would’ve given him the minimum sentence of three years: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/10/reiser_rejected_vol...

The guy’s a delusional moron…

Also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser#Time_in_prison

“In July 2012, a jury awarded Reiser's children $60 million against their father for the death of Nina Reiser. Reiser acted as his own attorney during the trial and tried to argue that he killed his wife to protect their children.”

It’s unclear that a parole board will find him to be a very sympathetic character.

[mixmastamyk]

Where did all that money come from? Moron is right.