San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
The two children of convicted murderer Hans Reiser have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against him, accusing him of causing them emotional pain for killing their mother. Rory Reiser, 8, and his sister, Niorline, 7, who now live with their maternal...
NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Already serving a state prison term of 15 years to life for murdering his estranged wife Nina, computer engineer Hans Reiser has now been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his two young children.
Daily Tech (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
Hans Reiser will spend at least the next 15 years behind bars for murdering his wife
Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Filesystem developer Hans Reiser received a relatively lenient 15-to-life prison sentence Friday for killing his wife. His conviction was downgraded from first-degree murder to second-degree murder because he cooperated with authorities and revealed the location of the missing body. Read More...
Daily Tech (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
Hans Reiser will spend at least the next 15 years behind bars for murdering his wife
OS News (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
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.
CentOS, Linux and Operating Systems (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
mallumax writes “Hans Reiser was today handed a prison sentence of 15-to-life for murdering his wife. Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty and led police to his wife’s body. His jury trial concluded in April with Reiser’s first-degree murder conviction. That carries a 25-to-life term, but the authorities, in a backroom deal, later offered him [...]
Wired (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Linux Guru Hans Reiser was sentenced to 15-to-life Friday for murdering Nina Reiser, his wife who was divorcing him. Reiser, the developer of the ReiserFS file system, maintained throughout a six-month-long trial that his wife abandoned their two young children after he confronted her with allegations she bilked his Oakland, California software company Namesys. After...
Global Intellect (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Linux Guru Hans Reiser was sentenced to 15-to-life Friday for murdering Nina Reiser, his wife who was divorcing him. Reiser, the developer of the ReiserFS file system, maintained throughout a six-month-long trial that his wife abandoned their two young children after he confronted her with allegations she bilked his Oakland, California software company Namesys. After...
TechBlogger (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
mallumax writes “Hans Reiser was today handed a prison sentence of 15-to-life for murdering his wife. Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty and led police to his wife’s body. His jury trial concluded in April with Reiser’s first-degree murder conviction. That carries a 25-to-life term, but the authorities, in a backroom deal, later offered him [...]
[MobileRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
At Wired's Threat Level , Kevin Poulsen posts the transcript of linux developer Hans Reiser's confession. in the most unsophisticated chokehold that any judo instructor would completely despise you...
AterSlash (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
I understand that it was probably in everyone’s best interest to produce Nina’s body, but I can’t help but feel that Hans was essentially rewarded for hiding it so well. His sentence was reduced from 25-to-live to 15-to-life just for leading police to where he buried her.Still, glad to see this soap opera is over.
NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Computer engineer Hans Reiser is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for his first-degree murder conviction for killing his wife Nina, who was last seen alive on Sept. 3, 2006, when she dropped off the couple's two children at his home in the Oakland hills.
Wired (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Linux guru Hans Reiser is expected to be sentenced Friday for killing his wife, Nina Reiser, two years ago. The developer of the ReiserFS file system claimed his wife abandoned the divorcing couple's two young children after he accused her of bilking his Oakland, California, software company. But months after his conviction, he led authorities to her unmarked grave site...
Threat Level (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Linux guru Hans Reiser had his day in court and was convicted in April of murdering his estranged wife, Nina. Now Friday likely marks his very last day in court, when the developer of the ReiserFS file system is scheduled to be sentenced. If all...
