WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?
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WHAT IS THE DEFENSE THINKING?
A really excellent account of yesterday’s testimony, including the last, brief witness that I did not mention, was posted by WIRED’s reporter on the scene, David Kravets. Go to http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/hans-reiser-m-2.html .
The last witness of the day was Coralie, a friend of Reiser’s mother. Her contribution? In October, 2005, Nina revealed that she wanted to take the kids and go to live in Russia. If Nina told Hans that on the day of her disappearance (recalling that two months earlier she reportedly had obtained Russian passports for each child), the incident would surely have precipitated the couple’s last fight.
Recall the warning to Nina the former OPD officer, after seeing the fury in Hans’ eyes- Get a gun. Coralie lined up with Hans’ mother on the larger issue: She doesn’t thin Hans killed Nina. I think that most of this jury remembers that warning and disagrees with Mrs. Palmer and her friend.
Time will tell.
One thing this ill advised line of defense tells me: Hans is very much in charge of the defense. But this jury undoubtedly believes that Nina is dead, not hiding in Russia.
Hans' father testifies today.
JBG
