> He lied to their kids and told them that their mother had abandoned them.

You think that's the most notable thing out of all the other things he did?

Parents do that all the time to their kids after divorce, there's probably even a Wikipedia page about parental alienation

Yes, what Reiser did was horrendous. But that was my point: at the same time, people do such things every day all around us. It's only that Reiser went further and committed murder. It is indeed an horrible act, and the only practical thing to do is lock up muderers, but I also think we should look at society's role in producing people like Reiser as well.