Oscar Pistorius trial discussion

[bluemangroup]

A real tearjerker. I did enjoy Oscar singing "I Think We're Alone Now".

I think we're alone now,
I'm sitting by your body which is on the ground.

 

[kenada_blue]

Its not what you know, its what you can prove.

From what i saw, the prosecution never really proved he intentionally killed his Mrs. He went to kill someone, just not her.

That's why he's got manslaughter. Unless I'm wrong, i read hes gonna do 7 to 10 years. So he's not "getting away" with it.

 

[Boss_Blue]

See saw
Bullet holed door
Oscar is mental
She's dead on the floor


*I'm going to leave this thread for a while now I think

 

[Moomin]

Her subtle twist on "Play Dead" by Bjork however was note perfect.

I quite enjoyed rapping week, when he sang Goldie Looking Chains hit and made it his own by singing " Guns don't kill people, but paralympic stars do "

 

[Sapie88]

Who's the bigger villain?

A poor man who has prosthetic legs and felt vulnerable at the thought of an intruder. Blats his gat, wrongfully kills his missus, portrayed in the media as a bad man, women the world over hate him.

Or

Some 15 year old kid who set fire to a dogs home.

 

[Fuleco]

Who's the bigger villain?

A poor man who has prosthetic legs and felt vulnerable at the thought of an intruder. Blats his gat, wrongfully kills his missus, portrayed in the media as a bad man, women the world over hate him.

Or

Some 15 year old kid who set fire to a dogs home.

Oscar Pistorius mert.

 

[Sapie88]

Oscar Pistorius mert.

Agreed.

 

[chicoazul]

Who's the bigger villain?

A poor man who has prosthetic legs and felt vulnerable at the thought of an intruder. Blats his gat, wrongfully kills his missus, portrayed in the media as a bad man, women the world over hate him.

Or

Some 15 year old kid who set fire to a dogs home.

"One was legless the other seeking hair of the dog" said no one in their right mind on here so lock the thread at once please @Dylan

 

[Tramps_mate]

Its not what you know, its what you can prove.

From what i saw, the prosecution never really proved he intentionally killed his Mrs. He went to kill someone, just not her.

That's why he's got manslaughter. Unless I'm wrong, i read hes gonna do 7 to 10 years. So he's not "getting away" with it.

Yes, it was about proving he knew it was his missus in there. There is just no way to prove he knew it was her if hes says he didnt know!

 

[kenada_blue]

Yes, it was about proving he knew it was his missus in there. There is just no way to prove he knew it was her if hes says he didnt know!

Exactly. It was all one drawn out playground "he hit me first, no I didnt" trial.

Its not even very clever. So I can't see why people say it was corrupt.

Lots of finger pointing and painting a picture about him being a bit of a roidrage bell. Still didn't prove he didn't know it was her...even if its a bit obvious.

 

[Woolly Blue]

I listened to a supposed expert giving his view on it last night, and he thought the judge was playing it spot on.

Had she accepted the prosecutions murder charge, then there'd have likely been an appeal against that, and despite being a convincing case and one that is borne out by both probability and common sense, it's hard to say that it's beyond reasonable doubt. So an appeal could have succeeded.

However, in terms of manslaughter there's really no argument, he shot her, he killed her, he acted in an overtly agressive manner when he had other alternatives, there's no real appeal to be had there.

So now it'll come down to the sentencing. If she places what the prosecution considers to be a lenient sentence on him, then they'll likely appeal, however this expert felt that she'll give him a lengthy custodial (7-10 stretch) that'll appease the prosecution and it'll end there.

We'll see.

Spot on. Manslaughter = > Beyond reasonable doubt. Murder => Evidence not good enough to convict on.

He's still young and, with a standard sentence, will probably race again at Olympic and World level. I'd hazard a guess that he'll be a bit nervous in his first race when he's waiting for the starting pistol to go off though.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Spot on. Manslaughter = > Beyond reasonable doubt. Murder => Evidence not good enough to convict on.

He's still young and, with a standard sentence, will probably race again at Olympic and World level. I'd hazard a guess that he'll be a bit nervous in his first race when he's waiting for the starting pistol to go off though.

He'll never race again. He's finished and rightly so.

 

[Woolly Blue]

He'll never race again. He's finished and rightly so.

That may well be true, but artistic licence was required to get my pun in about the pistol, so I stand proudly erect by my original post.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

That may well be true, but artistic licence was required to get my pun in about the pistol, so I stand proudly erect by my original post.

haha, I wondered if that was the premise for the comment.

Albeit I'm not sure that it would be him who would be nervous

 

[Brennan]

You're missing the point.

The prosecution are pushing for premeditated murder, and so far they've done nothing to prove that over Pistorious' version of events. You can't sentence somebody based on what you believe, it's what you can prove. This isn't civil court.

I don't actually know if he's guilty or innocent, none of us do. I'm simply pointing out that all these people claiming he's guilty as sin based on paper talk and a couple of days of bail hearing are being ridiculous.

*cough*