Top comment on slashdot for the article "Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder": US jury system does it again by QuantumG ( 50515 ) * <qg@biodome.

Top comment on slashdot for the article "Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder": US jury system does it again by QuantumG ( 50515 ) * <qg@biodome.org> on Monday April 28, 2008 @07:34PM (#23231238) No evidence? No body? No murder weapon? Who cares! The prosecutor used Power Point in his closing.. The defendant is "weird". Oh well, maybe Hans will confess and reveal where he stashed the body now." (https://yro.slashdot.org/story/08/04/28/2243232/hans-reiser-guilty-of-first-degree-murder https://yro.slashdot.org/story/08/04/28/2243232/hans-reiser-...) Edit: even sorted by "insightful", this thread is a nightmare: by garcia ( 6573 ) While I could definitely see why he would kill that thieving bitch of a ex-wife of his, I don't think they proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he definitely killed her. by dgatwood ( 11270 ) typical jury is a group of 12 people hand-picked by the lawyers to be the most easily emotionally manipulated people possible. You were expecting them to come to a conclusion based on logic? Let's throw in some completely random racism: by OMNIpotusCOM I'm sorry, but that's ridiculous. Last I knew you had to prove that he planned to kill someone with a first degree murder charge. If you can't prove she's dead, and nobody saw her die, and there's no evidence that she's anywhere other than where he says, you can't convict a person of first degree murder. Can you imagine what would happen if this guy was black? by MBCook ( 132727 ) <foobarsoft@foobarsoft.com>: No kidding. I would really like to see a poll of the jury members, and if they would change their votes if they had been told that Hans's ex-friend (the wife's new dude) had confessed to killing 8 people. Some facts are prejudicial. Some facts are prejudicial for a very good reason. I'd like to see numbers on how that would have changed things.