[jacquesm]

Reiser himself is on the record as stating that he killed her because he was protecting his children. Whether that passes that bar or not I'll leave up to you but for me it rules out that this was a 'heat of the moment' thing. In my opinion he knew full well what he was doing, he understood that his kids would move to Russia and be raised there (she got sole custody) and this was his way of putting a stop to that.

[PH95VuimJjqBqy]

I didn't say heat of the moment, I said emotional state.

If someone plots the death of a person who sexually abused their child no one would claim that it being premeditated implies they were not in a heightened emotional state.

[jacquesm]

That's fair but it would still count as premeditated in a legal sense, but there would be circumstances that would likely weigh in as to the severity.

[PH95VuimJjqBqy]

regardless of legal definitions, I posted responding to what seemed like a belief that the only way to "cross a high bar" is to do so in the moment.

I've given a clear example where that's not the case.

[beaeglebeached]

Kids taken to Russia in 2006? He very well may have saved their lives. What a fucked up mother, they may have been borscht soup in a trench in Ukrain by now had she lived .

[etc-hosts]

Hans, Nina, and their children lived in the Bay Area. Before getting murdered, Nina was about to start a job with the City and County of San Francisco, involving the medical care of Russian speaking residents.

The Reiser children moved to Petersburg, Russia, because Nina's parents were awarded custody of the children, since Nina is dead and Hans will be in jail possibly forever.

You're really misinterpreting the timeline of events. What software industry are you involved in, so I can be very afraid of anything you may be involved in writing?