23 responses

• todd Apr 29, 2008
   

  Apparently he took the stand in his own defense and came off like a loon. That seems ill-considered in retrospect.

   
• jessica Apr 29, 2008
   

  It seems like some other famous person accused of murdering his wife made that same mistake a few years ago ...

   
• renster Apr 29, 2008
   

  Maybe he figured it worked for Heather Mills... How much cash did she rob from the Beatles' fortune?

   
• jessica Apr 29, 2008
   

  Defense attorney William Du Bois' comment at the end of the article about Reiser helping authorities find Nina's body struck me as odd. I'm hoping the blogger didn't quite get the quote correct, otherwise even one of Reiser's lawyers thinks he's guilty and is admitting it in public.

   
• todd Apr 29, 2008
   

  A more detailed account of the trial and verdict.

   
• todd Apr 29, 2008
   

  This seems pretty problematic: "Defense attorney William DuBois cross-examined the witnesses about Nina's extramarital affair with Reiser's former best friend, Sean Sturgeon. (The jury was not allowed to hear testimony that Sturgeon has confessed to killing eight people unrelated to the case, in retaliation for child abuse.)."

   
• cokane Apr 29, 2008
   

  yeah, I remember when that came out

   
• todd Apr 29, 2008
   

  I think that's what leads people to worry about the jury system: they see jurors denied what appear to be obviously relevant information in the interests of justice. I'm not saying Reiser is innocent, but this certainly looks suspicious.

   
• cokane Apr 29, 2008
   

  it will all probably make for a good movie script at some point

   
• gregg Apr 29, 2008
   

  I always thought it was kind of odd that jurors aren't themselves allowed to ask questions.

   
• cokane Apr 29, 2008
   

  IIRC, the Sturgeon confession wasn't verified and was possibly grandstanding

   
• cokane Apr 29, 2008
   

  I wonder if he'll confess to it at this point or not

   
• todd Apr 29, 2008
   

  gregg: i think jurors are allowed to ask questions in some jursidictions in some trials.

   
• todd Apr 29, 2008
   

  jurors are allowed to ask questions in an increasing number of trials.

   
• todd Apr 29, 2008
   

  "You are rude," Judge Goodman said. "You are arrogant. There are not enough words in the English language to describe the way you are."

   
• jessica Apr 29, 2008
   

  I agree with cokane about the situation seeming like a script. I watch some of the law and investigation shows and imagine Nina Reiser's disappearance would fit right in. There was one a few weeks ago about a murdered wife, for whom no one had really searched because everyone believed she was dead. The defense attorney's team found her alive in a city she always told her son she wanted to visit. I think it's probably a matter of weeks before a plot remarkably similar to Nina Reiser's story airs on Law & Order or one of those similar shows.

   
• todd Apr 29, 2008
   

  has the body of Nina Reiser been found or not? i got confused by the coverage.

   
• jessica Apr 29, 2008
   

  No, it hasn't.

   
• cokane Apr 29, 2008
   

  it will be the pilot for CSI: Sausalito

   
• cokane Apr 29, 2008
   

  or maybe Oakland...

   
• jessica Apr 29, 2008
   

  ha ha ha

   
• smckenzie23 Apr 29, 2008
   

  so I haven't followed this, but a coworker just told me her other boyfriend admitted killing 8 other people under questioning. I mean it really looks like reiser did this, but if the other guy killed 8 other people, WTF?

   
• todd Apr 29, 2008
   

  yep. see the comments above about juries asking questions.