Hans Reiser
Hans Reiser (born December 1963) is an American programmer famous for his contributions to the free software community in the field of file systems. In particular, he is primarily responsible for the development of the ReiserFS file system, and its new version Reiser4.
In 1997, Reiser founded the company Namesys, specialized in operating systems and the development and support of their file systems.
Reiser resided in Oakland, California. On October 10, 2006, he was charged with the murder of his wife, Nina Reiser, and was found guilty on April 28, 2008 by a popular jury. He is serving a 15-year sentence at Mule Creek State Prison, Ione, California.
Biography
Hans Reiser, son of Ramón Reiser and Beverly Palmer, was born in December 1963. He grew up in California and left school before turning 14, as he disagreed with the conventional schooling system. Later, at the age of 15, he was accepted into the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a certificate of studies in physics, mathematics, and other related subjects. Reiser was one of the founding members of the "Open Computing Facility" in Berkeley. Although he wanted to achieve higher heights in his education, he did not continue with it, citing the same reasons why he previously left school. Therefore, unable to continue studying, he began working in the computing field while founding and building his company, Namesys Inc. Previously, Reiser worked at Synopsys, IBM, Premos and ARDC.
In 1999, while working in Russia, he met Nina Sharanova, Russian by birth, an obstetrician and gynecologist, whom he later married. They had two children, Rory and Niorlene.
The Reisers separated in May 2004, and Nina filed for divorce three months later, citing irreconcilable differences and that her children barely knew their father because he spent most of his time away from home due to work.. Nina was awarded legal custody of the children and Hans was granted half visitation with Nina. The divorce was never consummated.
Nina Reiser obtained a restraining order against Hans in December 2004, after she alleged that Hans had pushed her, at the height of their divorce. She challenged the order in late 2005 due to the cooling of their relationship. In exchange, Hans agreed that for a year he could neither contact, nor harass, nor disturb the peace. of Nina in her home and her workplace, and stay at least 100 yards (91 meters) from her. In May, Nina alleged in court that Hans had not paid half of the costs incurred for the children's medical care.
In September 2006 his estranged wife, Nina Reiser, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. In October of that same year, Reiser, a homicide suspect, was arrested by Oakland authorities in California, who examined his house and took a DNA sample in search of evidence.
In April 2008 he was found guilty of first degree murder.
The prosecution accepted a deal in which Reiser would reveal the location of his wife's body in exchange for reducing his sentence to second-degree murder. The agreement was made with the consent of Nina's family, and was ratified by Judge Goodman. On Monday, July 7, 2008, Reiser led police to the location where Nina's body was buried, in the hills of Oakland. Reiser's lawyer said the remains were found buried on a hillside less than half a mile from the house where Reiser lived with her mother, and where Nina Reiser was last seen alive on September 3, 2006. Oakland homicide detective Lt. Ersie Joyner stated that Reiser led them directly to the exact location, without any hesitation or hesitation. Reiser said he hoped there was a cherry tree marking the grave site. On July 8, the coroner positively identified the skeletal remains as those of Nina Reiser.
On August 29, 2008, Reiser was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years and up to life in prison on charges of second-degree murder. Reiser cannot appeal the sentence as a result of the plea deal. Reiser was denied parole in March 2020 and his next parole hearing will be in August 2027. On September 5, 2008, Hans Reiser arrived at San Quentin State Prison to begin serving his sentence. In January 2009, Reiser was attacked by several inmates at the San Quentin prison and admitted to the infirmary to recover. On January 28, 2009, he was transferred to Mule Creek State Prison.