- Mon Mar 3 2008 Murder suspect Reiser takes the stand
Testimony offers details of the day his wife went missing, but also highlights suspect Hans Reiser's life as a child genius, computer geek, and self-propelled learner.
Posted by Michelle Meyers
- Fri Sep 15 2006 MySpace account no longer at issue in murder case
Posted by Michelle Meyers
- Wed May 24 2006 A picture paints a thousand words in court
As tech invades the courtroom, attorney Eric J. Sinrod cautions that computer-generated animation may open a Pandora's Box.
Posted by Eric J. Sinrod
- Fri Dec 17 2004 This week in court news
Technology played a new role in the court as the world awaited the jury's sentence in the Scott Peterson double-murder trial.
Posted by Steven Musil
- Wed Feb 20 2008 Trial of ReiserFS programmer takes bizarre turn
Accused murderer's father testifies he had warned his son about "techno-geeks" who are into sadomasochism, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Posted by Michelle Meyers
- Tue Apr 22 2008 Hans Reiser's 'geek defense' could backfire
The Linux programmer's attorney argues his nerdy client is socially inept, strange, and paranoid--but not a murderer. Will the jury buy it?
Posted by Michelle Meyers
- Mon Mar 3 2008 Trial coverage in the live-blog era: No more crosswords
Life has changed dramatically for a reporter who is live-blogging the murder trial of programmer Hans Reiser and can now turn to his laptop, instead of puzzles, during downtime.
Posted by Michelle Meyers
- Mon Dec 13 2004 Peterson death sentence relayed via messaging
No-cameras rule can't dampen media circus, as Web sites offer live short text messages from inside the court.
Posted by Ed Frauenheim and Ben Charny
- Fri Oct 31 1997 Net stands up in trial coverage
The Internet appears to hold its own against television and radio in reporting the guilty verdict in the British nanny trial in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Posted by Jeff Pelline
- Fri Aug 24 2001 New Microsoft judge in the spotlight
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ruled on geese, telemarketers and terrorists, but not on antitrust cases.
Posted by Rachel Konrad
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