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   From: kelton@humility.nil   
      
   Tim Smith wrote:   
   > [changing the subject to try to start a *real* discussion of this case,   
   > as opposed to the stupid use of it as a basis for insults]   
   >   
   > There sure seems to be a heck of a lot of circumstantial evidence for   
   > Reiser's guilt.  However, there's one thing troubling about that.  Let's   
   > assume for a moment that Reiser did it.   
   >   
   > He clearly was not very good at it, then.  He made a lot of mistakes   
   > (which left a lot of that circumstantial evidence).  In fact, he made   
   > errors in nearly every step of his plan.   
   >   
   > So, where's the body?  Disposing of a body is not easy.  Given all the   
   > other steps he botched, it seems kind of incredible that he managed to   
   > dispose of the body so well.   
   >   
   > Could he be innocent?  He was involved in a very bitter divorce.   
   > Suppose his wife wanted two things:   
   >   
   >    (1) To have him completely out of her life and her children's lives.   
   >   
   >    (2) To hurt him.   
   >   
   > A divorce alone could accomplish #2, but would not accomplish #1.  She   
   > might get custody of the kids, but he'd still have access.   
   >   
   > Suppose she simply snuck back to Russia and is in hiding there now?  If   
   > that was her plan, I think she could have taken advantage of Reiser's   
   > paranoia and other personality quirks to get him to do many of the   
   > suspicious-looking things that he has done.   
   >   
   > This accomplishes #2 quite well, even if he is not convicted.  And the   
   > kids ended up in temporary custody of their grandmother in Russia (which   
   > she could have easily foreseen), well away from Reiser.  Even if he gets   
   > off on the murder charge, he could have a hell of a time trying to get   
   > the kids back from Russia, so she accomplishes #1.   
   >   
   > Most likely, he did do it, and just got lucky with the disposing the   
   > body, but I wouldn't rule out the alternative scenario of her setting   
   > him up.   
   >   
      
   Can't the court ask Reiser to take a polygraph test?  Submit to a   
   truth serum?  Submit to hypnosis?  Acquiesce to a psychic reading?   
   If he's innocent, why would he mind?   
      
   Even if he would be granted a tiny little sentence in exchange for   
   his acquiescence to these procedures, it would be worth it to find   
   out the truth.   
      
   If the 'authorities' finally do find the body, will they be sent out   
   to find Osama bin Ladin?   
      
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