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Hans couldn't possibly be a murderer despite the evidence, but you believe some guy killed 8 people with no evidence whatsoever? They might not have found Nina'

Hans couldn't possibly be a murderer despite the evidence, but you believe some guy killed 8 people with no evidence whatsoever? They might not have found Nina's body, but the supposed other 8 victims don't even have names. It was just a bullshit story to cast some doubt.

Alex3917 19y ago
Just to be clear, I don't actually believe that. I just think it's a cool idea, but I didn't want to log out and make a new account just to post it as a short story. Speaking of which, isn't it time to add Paul Graham to the programming language creator or serial killer game?
- SwellJoe 19y ago
  He's too cute to believably be a serial killer. tlb and rtm on the other hand...especially now that tlb has shaved his head.
  - randomhack 19y ago
    I am not sure why .. but PG sometimes reminds me of the fat majin buu.
    - SwellJoe 19y ago
      For anyone else that has no idea what "fat majin buu" means (it's surprisingly hard to Google for, as most links are dead or tiny): http://www.comicvine.com/buu/41116/costumes/&c=8591 http://www.comicvine.com/buu/41116/costumes/&c=8591 I don't see the similarity.
      - tokipin 19y ago
        google image search, yo
        SwellJoe 19y ago
        Of course. But this was on page three "and most links are dead or tiny", as I pointed out above. I just found it frustrating to click on five or six pages that were dead--and many that were the skinny "majin buu", which seems to be the far more common one. So, I thought I'd share the nicely sized set of images that I finally found after several search misfortunes.
yummyfajitas 19y ago
Didn't Sturgeon confess? Not sure how much (if any) corroborating evidence there is, but a confession is something. http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/05/reiser http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/05/reiser
- tptacek 19y ago
  Not only did Sturgeon not confess to the the murder Reiser was convicted of, but after claiming to have killed 7 other people, he was not arrested or charged of any crime. To believe in some kind of coverup, conspiracy, or massive miscarriage of justice here, you have to believe that the State of California was willing to ignore seven other murders in order to screw over Reiser. The reasonable explanation here is that the evidence available to both the prosecution and the defense suggests that Sturgeon is simply a nutcase telling stories.
  - Alex3917 19y ago
    If Sturgeon was lying, was he charged with falsely reporting a crime and was the jury warned that his testimony might be suspect? If not, it seems reasonable to believe that the State of California was trying to screw Reiser over.
    - tptacek 19y ago
      No matter what other story you want to tell based on California's actions, the last sentence of your comment is predicated on the idea that the state betrayed seven other murder cases simply to get at Hans Reiser.
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      - Alex3917 19y ago
        Oops that was poor grammar on my part. I meant the "if not" to refer to the state informing the jury.

Alex3917 19y ago

Just to be clear, I don't actually believe that. I just think it's a cool idea, but I didn't want to log out and make a new account just to post it as a short story. Speaking of which, isn't it time to add Paul Graham to the programming language creator or serial killer game?

SwellJoe 19y ago
He's too cute to believably be a serial killer. tlb and rtm on the other hand...especially now that tlb has shaved his head.
- randomhack 19y ago
  I am not sure why .. but PG sometimes reminds me of the fat majin buu.
  - SwellJoe 19y ago
    For anyone else that has no idea what "fat majin buu" means (it's surprisingly hard to Google for, as most links are dead or tiny): http://www.comicvine.com/buu/41116/costumes/&c=8591 http://www.comicvine.com/buu/41116/costumes/&c=8591 I don't see the similarity.
    - tokipin 19y ago
      google image search, yo
      - SwellJoe 19y ago
        Of course. But this was on page three "and most links are dead or tiny", as I pointed out above. I just found it frustrating to click on five or six pages that were dead--and many that were the skinny "majin buu", which seems to be the far more common one. So, I thought I'd share the nicely sized set of images that I finally found after several search misfortunes.

yummyfajitas 19y ago

Didn't Sturgeon confess? Not sure how much (if any) corroborating evidence there is, but a confession is something. http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/05/reiser http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/05/reiser

tptacek 19y ago
Not only did Sturgeon not confess to the the murder Reiser was convicted of, but after claiming to have killed 7 other people, he was not arrested or charged of any crime. To believe in some kind of coverup, conspiracy, or massive miscarriage of justice here, you have to believe that the State of California was willing to ignore seven other murders in order to screw over Reiser. The reasonable explanation here is that the evidence available to both the prosecution and the defense suggests that Sturgeon is simply a nutcase telling stories.
- Alex3917 19y ago
  If Sturgeon was lying, was he charged with falsely reporting a crime and was the jury warned that his testimony might be suspect? If not, it seems reasonable to believe that the State of California was trying to screw Reiser over.
  - tptacek 19y ago
    No matter what other story you want to tell based on California's actions, the last sentence of your comment is predicated on the idea that the state betrayed seven other murder cases simply to get at Hans Reiser.
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    - Alex3917 19y ago
      Oops that was poor grammar on my part. I meant the "if not" to refer to the state informing the jury.