Ivy League prof charged in wife's death

Associated Press via Houston Chron ^ | Jan. 8, 2007, | MARYCLAIRE DALE

[Pharmboy]

Counseling might have helped...

[Pharmboy]

[pipecorp]

professor plum , in the bedroom, monkey wrench

[MinuteGal]

What's he gonna do with that 4 grand a month alimony he saved now that he'll be in the slammer for life?

Leni

[paudio]

Rafael Robb, 56, taught economics at the Ivy League school and is an expert in game theory..

Now he can really see how Prisoners' Dilemma works... in prison!

[Doctor Raoul]

Why don't they mention the Wharton School? That's where he had to be teaching that course as far as I can see.

[Doomonyou]

professor plum , in the bedroom, monkey wrench

Plum. Kitchen. Lead Pipe.

[Pharmboy]

I checked out their site and either they removed his name or he is attached to the undergraduate school since his name is not listed among the Wharton faculty.

[fishtank]

"Rafael Robb, 56, taught economics at the Ivy League school and is an expert in game theory, the study of how people and governments make decisions by calculating what others might do."

I guess he pretty much failed the class in the real world app of the game theory??

[Pharmboy]

Mmmm...he looks a bit like Rod Steiger, eh?

[teacherwoes]

"You know, education - if you make the most of it - you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you end up in the SLAMMER!"

[Pharmboy]

Prolly suffered from thinking he was too smart for the dumb detectives and asst. DAs. Well, surprise surprise.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"taught economics at the Ivy League school and is an expert in game theory..."

Must have missed the section in the SATs on "Thou shat not kill." Call the NEA and the College Testing Service and complain.

[patton]

Ouch.

[jdm]

(He is not affiliated with the Wharton School, as previously reported in The Inquirer.)

[Pharmboy]

Yep--here's his page. He spells his name with one "b."

[Doctor Raoul]

Weird. An economics prof that not in the business school. That surprises me.

[Continental Soldier]

Didn't see anything in the item about any real evidence. He didn't share his marital problems with the police. So what? He said he was in Philadelphia at the time of the crime. Was he or wasn't he? Police "doubt" his alibi. Doubt? Is that all it takes to make an arrest these days?

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

Rafael Robb... an expert in game theory, the study of how people.. make decisions by calculating what others might do.

...bludgeoning his wife to death in their suburban kitchen after she told friends she was going to divorce him.

Guess she should not have decided to divorce him based on what he might do.

Go figure!

[Pharmboy]

You're right--it appears that everything is circumstantial. But if they can bust his alibi, they'll probably have enough to indict.