Vince Dunn’s Interview – Dissected
Vince Dunn, aka Juror #7, wasted no time in giving a couple of interviews after the verdict of murder in the first degree was delivered in court today. For those of us who believe that Reiser may have been guilty for the murder of Nina Reiser, but did not believe that the prosecution proved their case without a reasonable doubt, Dunn’s interview is a bit disturbing. The interviews contain basically the same information, so let’s take a look at one of them. (David Kravets’ blog on Wired)
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Juror #7 Interview
Well, that was quick. There is a video available for this interview (it requires a Microsoft plug-in).
Here are a couple of links to news articles: KTVU and SFGate.
For the nerdy out there here is the dump:
mplayer -dumpstream
mms://a1870.v129487.c12948.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1870/12948/v0001/vod.ibsys.com/
2008/0429/16054866.200k.wmv
(the link runs off the page, so I had to split it)
As I had feared, the verdict was based, in a large part, to Hans Reiser’s bizarre behavior and the fact that the jurors did not like him.
Hans Reiser – Verdict Reached (Correction)
After deliberating for three days the jury has come back with a verdict of murder in the 1st degree. I am shell-shocked. I am not so shocked that they found him guilty, but guilty of premeditated murder? In my opinion, this jury was swayed by the fact that they absolutley did not like Hans Reiser. They spent six months with him. The judge even showed his disdain towards Reiser while court was in session. This seems fairly unprofessional to me.
Sentencing will be today, I think. I’ll post it as soon as I find out. There is also the appeals process. The folks on the In Session forum don’t hold much weight for an appeal to be granted. The legal heads in their say that in order for an appeal to happen there would have had to have been an error made during the trial. An error that if reveresed would change the outcome of the trial. Except maybe for the gag order on Sean Sturgeon, I don’t think there was such an error. However, the judge does have the authority to change the verdict to a lesser charge if he feels the jury made an error. Again, my legal heads at the forum don’t think this will happen either.
Correction: I didn’t read the article clearly. A sentencing date will most likely be scheduled today.
Some of the jurors are starting to speak out in interviews. I’ll be keeping a look out for those and post back what they say. It’s going to be very interesting to find out how they decided upon premeditation. I have had nothing but doubt during this entire case. And I have been following this from the beginning. However, I have been following this trial from the comfort of my living room. I haven’t had to spend six months in a courtroom suffering through days of mind numbing testimony.
There is one little tid-bit that I found interesting after the verdict was read. The attorneys were asked asked the following question:
Both sides were asked if Reiser would be afforded any leniency should he divulge where his wife’s body is.
“We’ll have to talk to the prosecutor about that,” Du Bois said. “I mean, that would have to be something the prosecutor would have to participate in.”
Hora said, “There are no scheduled discussions, and so the only discussion that I’m looking forward to is the discussion about when the sentencing date will be.”
My socks would be completely blown off if Hans came forward and told us where the body was and how he did it.
Here is a link to Wired’s Threat Level with a video of the verdict being read.
Ron Paul – Why He Should Be President
It’s such a shame that the majority of America’s citizens are dumb, shit-kickin’ rednecks. Or that the nation’s women are blinded by gender. Or that so many people are too lazy to unplug from Fox, CNN, or ABC. They would rather be spoon-fed lies, distortions, and spin instead of searching for the truth. Why do the two strongest candidates for president – Ron Paul & Barack Obama – have such a huge following with the online community? Because they are elitists and so are we.
Urban Dictionary definition: The plural of elitist. In short, a person, or group of persons, who believes something about them makes them superior to others, and they feel the need to flaunt their superiority.
Why are we so superior? We aren’t shit-kickin’ rednecks and we don’t let Bill O’Reilly or Ann Coulter tell us how to think. A woman will sit in the Oval Office as President of the United States. But she won’t get our vote just because she is a woman. Congressman Paul and Senator Obama don’t talk down to us in a patronizing manner. They speak to us one on one; no bullshit, no lies and no spin. They tell it like it is. This country has fallen into ruin and it’s going to take some hard work to put Humpty Dumpty together again.
Hillary Clinton should step down so that we can put an intellectual in the White House and start some nation re-building.
Obama/Paul ‘08
Ron Paul – He Who Should Be President
There’s a well written article on Politico by jonothan Martin; Ron Paul is down but not out.
Ron Paul and his supporters have not given up. They have not given up with spreading the message of Dr. Paul; less government is more. Although his run for the presidency is finished, supporters still turn out to hear him speak. And still turn out to vote. Dr. Paul won 16% of the vote in Pennsylvania. I have stated before that Ron Paul would be my first pick for President. The big question on everyone’s mind now is who are all of these people going to vote for in the general election? They will probably follow Ron Paul’s lead. I personally wish that he would keep his name on the ticket. Unfortunately, he has stated unequivocally that he would not run under a third party. Minds can be changed.
I am afraid that the democrats are once again shooting themselves in the foot. I have about had it. Actually, I’m sick to shit of it. Hillary Clinton has ruined it for me. The prospect of having to listen to that voice for four years or possibly eight makes me terrified. I am in an absolute quandry over what I will do come November if the battle is between McCain and Clinton. I can’t and won’t vote for either one of them. Perhaps, I too, will have to wait and see where the Ron Paul supporters go.
2010 F1 Schedule
Date Location Mar. 14 
Sakhir - Bahrain Mar. 28 
Melbourne - Australia Apr. 04 
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia Apr. 18 
Shanghai - China May 09 
Barcelona - Spain May 16 
Monaco May 30 
Istanbul - Turkey Jun. 13 
Montreal - Canada Jun. 27 Valencia - Spain Jul. 11 
Silverstone - Great Britain Jul. 25 
Hockenheim - Germany Aug. 01 
Budapest - Hungary Aug. 29 
Spa-Francorchamps - Belgium Sep. 12 
Monza - Italy Sep. 26 
Singapore Oct. 10 
Suzuka - Japan Oct. 24 
South Korea Nov. 07 
Sao Paulo - Brazil Nov. 14 
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates -
