Jury finds Reiser guilty

[Dapper Dan]

See story here.

[bryansmith]

From what I understand of the case, their seems to be a lack of concrete evidence against him. Then again, I thought he was guilty. Perhaps me and the jury think alike.

Bryan

[bigtomrodney]

Well I was a little surprised when I heard the verdict, but not a lot. They say he might have fared better if he had stayed off the stand...

[oz]

I really have no idea if he truly did it, or not, but now that he's been convicted of it, hopefully it was he that did the crime.

Wonder if he'll have access to any computers in prison so he can continue his work? Somehow, I doubt it.

[bryansmith]

I really have no idea if he truly did it, or not, but now that he's been convicted of it, hopefully it was he that did the crime.

Wonder if he'll have access to any computers in prison so he can continue his work? Somehow, I doubt it.

I would hate to see it if he was innocent and therefore wrongly convicted.

Is computer access, if available, only restricted to those who used computers in their crimes? For some reason, I have this in my head.

Bryan

[techieMoe]

I'll echo the sentiment that I have no idea whether or not he was truly guilty, but I'm angered by the lack of evidence either way. If he really did it, the police did a piss-poor job of proving it, and if he didn't, his defense attorney did a piss-poor job defending a man accused of murder for a woman that the police can't prove is actually dead.

Either way, from a strictly third-person perspective, I see this as a bad example for our justice system.

[Dapper Dan]

Either way, from a strictly third-person perspective, I see this as a bad example for our justice system.

I'll have to agree. He was convicted because the Jury "felt" like he was guilty with no body and no murder weapon. Granted, there is strong circumstantial evidence that he indeed killed her, but I don't think it can be said that he was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

[Vergil83]

There are lots of murder convections with no bodies....

Her body is probably at the bottom of the ocean, never to be found. I don't fault the police for that. I seems unlikely she would leave her children if she decided to leave.

Although there was no gun with his fingerprints on it, from what I heard there is tons of evidence that would make me think he is guilty.

He removed the passenger seat and carpet of his car around the time she went missing, they found her blood in the car anyway. He was seen washing out the inside of his car with a hose.

He also has had a restraining order against him from her for harassment.

[techieMoe]

There are lots of murder convections with no bodies....

Her body is probably at the bottom of the ocean, never to be found. I don't fault the police for that. I seems unlikely she would leave her children if she decided to leave.

Although there was no gun with his fingerprints on it, from what I heard there is tons of evidence that would make me think he is guilty.

He removed the passenger seat and carpet of his car around the time she went missing, they found her blood in the car anyway. He was seen washing out the inside of his car with a hose.

He also has had a restraining order against him from her for harassment.

Well, I'm just saying that were I on the jury and that's all I had to go on, I couldn't condemn someone for capital murder based on only circumstantial evidence. I don't care if the other 11 jurors wanted to convict, I would have hung it on principle.

The burden of proof lies with the state on murder cases. In my admittedly not completely informed opinion, that burden was not satisfied in this case.

[carlosponti]

worse thing in this case was to have put Reiser on the stand he really seemed guilty. his actions leading up to her disappearances led to alot of the suspicions. not that i believe one way or another that he is guilty just because i too didnt think the evidence was there.