Jerry Feldman wrote to <
discuss@...> on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 at10:44 am
Regarding "Hans Reiser found guilty of Murder"
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http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/04/28/2243232.shtml>
by a so-called jury of his peers ...
>
> Hans Reiser was found guilty of 1st degree murder yesterday. (4/28)
> Hans developed the ReiserFS journalling file system for Linux, ...
>
> I have not been following this,
> but I am sure he will appeal. (snip)
I likewise have not been following this real closely,
And I am sure Hans is a genius.
I am also comforted by the fact,
he can write code in prison while his appeal
is winding the way thru the court system...
may be he will come up with something evern greater than Reiser FS.
but genius or not, Hans made two big mistakes in my opinion,
because he didn't read the right books,
and he doesn't really understand the hearsay rules...
(The judge does .. the jury doesn't)
His mistakes were:
1. Not waiving his so-called right to a jury, and
2. Testifying in his own defense.
He should have just shut up -- and then the real rules of evidence take
over,
but he forgot: "everything you do or say can be used against you in a
court of law."
So if nothing else: he is quilty of stupidity :(
Hope this helps,
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