Oscar Pistorius... Whats Your Verdict?

As @devdev said the state has to prove his intention to murder beyond reasonable doubt. Very difficult with no eye witnesses and with tainted circumstantial evidence. Manslaughter (which requires negligence beyond reasonable doubt) is a far more likely outcome in my respectful opinion, your Honour.
 
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As @devdev said the state has to prove his intention to murder beyond reasonable doubt. Very difficult with no eye witnesses and with tainted circumstantial evidence. Manslaughter (which requires negligence beyond reasonable doubt) is a far more likely outcome in my respectful opinion, your Honour.
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Yep if they go for Premeditated Murder they will loose in my opinion, but going after manslaughter they may have a chance to put him away. Plus I think Botha really hurt the case for the prosecution, there will have to be some damage control there.
 
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Seems he is facing a murder charge, possession of ammunition without the correct licence, and 2 charges of discharging a fire arm in public, which both occurred before the incident with Reeva.

They may have decided to charge him with murder, and then will rely on the magistrate to obtain a 'competent verdict' in other words the magistrate cannot find enough evidence for him to be guilty of murder, but there is enough evidence to prove manslaughter or something less serious than murder.

The SAPS have already botched large parts of the investigation, and I read last year that Reeva's bladder was empty at her biopsy, which would indicate that she had been to the loo at, or just prior to the time of death - supporting his claim that he did not know it was her in the loo, and that she had gone to the toilet. They will likely argue that no one goes to take a wee in the middle of a lovers tiff...
 
Hahahaha, I agree Stroodle!

When nature calls...
 
For me personally its just a very SAD story for everybody involved.
 
i FEEL SO SORRY FOR ALL OF THEM - Oscars parents divorced when he was 6yrs old
His mother died when he was 15 yrs old - He went through life without legs - It is all so sad
 
I have my opinion, but will see what the case holds.
One thing I can tell you, there is a HUGE difference is the sound that a gun makes vs the hitting of a door.
Roux is relentless.
 
For those of you watching today's proceedings, Roux is a skilled cross-examiner. He is tearing into the first witness. I think being cross-examined by him would ruin anyone's day
 
I have been cross examined, and I can say that it is not a pleasant experience. you have to keep your cool and not let the defense twist your story or you mind. I have a lot of respect for Michelle Burger. She endured that for one and a half days.
 
devdev said:
For those of you watching today's proceedings, Roux is a skilled cross-examiner. He is tearing into the first witness. I think being cross-examined by him would ruin anyone's day
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Yip noticed that yesterday when he started on Michelle Burger (I think) already I would hate to be a witness in this trial.
 
I watched some of it yesterday and really enjoyed trying to work out what angle the defense attorney was taking when he starts questioning a specific section of her testimony. MB is seemed very well prepared as I'm sure I would have just agreed to some of the things he said to just get it over and done with.

Being an ex cop from the previous regime, I have spent many, many a hour in the witness stand and didn't enjoy that aspect of the job at all.
 
I do not even watch the whole saga. I personally think it is a tragedy on both sides. A promising athlete that could have done wonders for Paraplegics and S.A, career is over and maybe even his life.

A gorgeous lady, a daughter and another ambassador for S.A is dead because of gun violence in our land.

And now, the media is making vast sums of cash on a tragedy and we, like the blind sheep we are, feed on that like vampires. We are human and have an interest, something just does not sit right in my heart about this whole thing.

Guilty or not, it is not for anyone to decide, either way, he will be judged by God and in many ways I think he is already suffering the consequences of his actions and we are all still suffering because of the criminals and violence in our land.

Having previously worked with abuse victims and those affected by violence in the Western Cape and surrounds, I understand the 'FEAR' that some live in on a day to day basis, men, woman, boys and girls. I personally am so sick and tired of the horrid dark things in this world, I do not even watch this show trial.

With that being said, if this televised trial brings a new voice to victims of lesser social status, then I would be glad. I do not see why Oscar gets such attention and the little children abused in the informal settlements of S.A do not. Maybe, if they started a court television of each case, then, not only would the perpetrators of crime be held accountable but the judicial system would also receive the closer scrutiny by the wider community. So both the prosecutors and the defense would actually do their jobs properly and sick people would not land up back in society to do more harm. You would be amazed by how many known rapists, murderers, drug traffickers get off their sentences because of lack of proper practice and for the lack of the case being non-high-profile.
 
I'm with @Chop007... I don't switch to that channel, nor do I read anything about it in the news... the only reason I'm replying here is because I can't stand having an unread marker on my favourite Vape forums! :confused:

I try not to read any bad news... and anything with the words Zuma or Malema in it because I start to lose my marbles... not that I have that many to start!

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I promise you Barry Roux is scraping the bottom of the Barrel now with his so called "expert" witnesses
 
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