Comment by pvg
2 years ago
He could have likely gotten away with it
He had a plea deal offer for not much more than time served so he even had a definite option to a form of getting away with it.
2 years ago
He could have likely gotten away with it
He had a plea deal offer for not much more than time served so he even had a definite option to a form of getting away with it.
I briefly worked with Hans around 2005. My impression at the time was that he declined the manslaughter plea because he thought he was smarter than everyone around him.
Why didn't he take it? It's pretty much the best what murderer on trial can hope for.
... then again, if he was reasonable he'd probably never commit murder.
You can get the details from the contemporary coverage linked in the sibling comments but it seemed like he felt he'd go to trial and be acquitted. If I had to guess, having to admit he'd been lying to everyone through the whole process was probably also a factor - the deal was something like plead to a manslaughter charge and reveal the location of the victim's body.
> If I had to guess, having to admit he'd been lying to everyone through the whole process was probably also a factor - the deal was something like plead to a manslaughter charge and reveal the location of the victim's body.
I fully believe there is a layer of Reiser that was convinced he did not murder his wife.
I didn't realise this when I was younger, but I'm pretty sure everybody lies to themselves. Like not about grey issues, but simple cases of black and white.
Yes, even most people reading this lie to themselves about facts. We might not be murderers, but we do.
I have an important conversation once where I told someone what they'd done wrong, and how to make things better, in a very mature way. I *remember this conversation.
Years later I took a drug that is known for causing an 'ego-death' and realised what actually happened was that I was angry and tried to hurt the person as much as possible with my words. There's a book on this topic called "Night of the Gun".
Which is what he ended up having to do anyways, but with life attached. He's an egocentric moron. At least, that's my opinion as an outside observer.
I figure it was because he thought he was so intelligent that he could run circles around the court.
He probably didn't take the deal because it would have meant he would never see his children again.