Intellectual Property Law

Hans Reiser Jury Finishes First Full Day Deliberating

By Ryan Singel, Kevin Poulsen, Sarah Lai Stirland, Kim Zetter, and David Kravets

OAKLAND, California -- The Hans Reiser jury finished its first full day of deliberations Wednesday, leaving the courthouse here around 4:15 p.m. Pacific time.

During the day, jurors asked to review a few exhibits, but they were not made public. Jurors deliberated Tuesday for about two hours, after they received the case that afternoon.

The panel returns here Thursday morning.

The Linux programmer is accused of killing his wife, Nina Reiser, on Sept. 3, 2006. The 31-year-old woman was last seen at the ReiserFS filesystem developer's house in the Oakland hills, where she dropped off the divorcing couple's two young children for the Labor Day weekend.

The 44-year-old defendant has pleaded not guilty.

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See Also:

• Hans Reiser Jury Deliberating Fate of Linux Developer
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• Reiser a Victim of 'One of the Great Screw Jobs,' Lawyer Says ...
• Reiser Prosecutor to Jurors: 'You Know He Killed Her'
• Reiser Defense Blasts Prosecution; Geek Defense Re-Deployed

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