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Linux Guru Reiser Seeks New Murder Trial (Wired)

Wired covers the latest twist in the Hans Reiser murder trial. "Hans Reiser wants a trial do-over. Reiser is the Linux guru who in April was convicted of the first-degree murder of his estranged wife. He's the same defendant who, in exchange for a 15-to-life term instead of a 25-to-life term, brought authorities to the Oakland hills where he buried Nina Reiser's body. He even apologized for killing her. But in a handwritten appellate motion, he is appealing his conviction. Yet there's a glaring problem with this appeal, in which he claims he thought the deal would have only sent him away for three years, not 15-to-life."

 

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