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Much like Hans Reiser telling increasingly implausible stories to explain all the really obvious evidence that he murdered his ex-wife, and then (against his la

• dmix 9y ago
  No lawyer would let a murderer on the stand. It's almost always a disaster. Regarding Madsens 'story' it's not clear that this wasn't the defence attorneys ideas all along. We're blaming Madsen based on 3rd party information but most lawyers will go down any avenue they can to try to find a more lenient sentence. Judges do consider the murderers willingness to admit guilt and be honest during sentencing. But in the early stages of the case like this it's still pretty wide open... and he's going to be facing a murder charge regardless. There's no way he's getting off easier with a chopped up body. I don't know about his country, but here in Canada a 2nd degree murder charge (where you didn't premeditate the murder) can still get you the equivalent of 1st degree (life), given the circumstances of the crime. And the circumstances are pretty bad here given he sawed her in half.