He was offered and declined a plea bargain that would’ve given him the minimum sentence of three years: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/10/reiser_rejected_vol...

The guy’s a delusional moron…

Also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser#Time_in_prison

“In July 2012, a jury awarded Reiser's children $60 million against their father for the death of Nina Reiser. Reiser acted as his own attorney during the trial and tried to argue that he killed his wife to protect their children.”

It’s unclear that a parole board will find him to be a very sympathetic character.