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Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder ... (comment On Sentence Right Now) by irokossssss: 11:54am On Sep 11, 2014
After his murder trial which began in March with 41 days of testimony spread over months,Oscar Pistorious has been found not guilty of premeditated murder(Intentional killing )of his girlfriend Reeva Stekamp.The double amputee who was in tears through out the reading may be charged for Culpable Homicide(Manslaughter)

This would be argued based on his state of mind at the time .Culpable homicide is murder by negligence.She will compare his conduct and compare with the conduct of a reasonable thinking person and the question would be is a reasonable thinking person would act like he did under the same circumstances ..The sentencing is purely based the discretion of the judge and precedence .

On why he was let go of Murder

1.Murder-He is not guilty of intentional murder.Evidence is circumstantial.It failed to establish he had the intention to kill the deceased. The state has not proved beyond reasonable doubt that he is guilty of premeditated murder .

The court is on a break now..Below are some excerpts as I gathered during the live proceedings


On the Witnesses
The judge said most of the witnesses lost credibility because, they failed to separate what they knew personally,from what they had heard from other people and what they gathered from the media.
The incident happened at a very early hour of the morning when most of the witnesses were in bed or partly asleep .
The prosecution based most of their arguments on witnesses to prove there was pre-meditated murder ,however, she has rebuffed most of the witness testimonies .She said the media coverage had influenced the witnesses and their perception towards him.

On the accused


-She said the accused was a very poor witness.He lost his composure and she said the argument that he was suffering from serious emotional stress was not make sense.She said he was an evasive witness. He failed to listen properly to questions put to him during cross examination.A question requiring a straightforward answer turned into another debate.
He always blamed his legal team when he contradicted himself.

-She asked why he did not ascertain whether she heard anything too before getting up,
-Why he did not wake her up when he heard the window open
-Why the accused fired not one but four shots before he ran back to the bedroom to find the deceased
-The accused was not candid with the court when he said he did not intend to shoot anyone,even when he had a loaded firearm in the morning
-She also said lying to the court doesn't not mean he is guilty

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder ... (comment On Sentence Right Now) by kropelgrada(m): 12:07pm On Sep 11, 2014
Right now...Na force to comment?
Who cares embarassed
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder ... (comment On Sentence Right Now) by LagosBoi2(m): 12:08pm On Sep 11, 2014
that's preety nice
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder ... (comment On Sentence Right Now) by DickDastardly(m): 12:10pm On Sep 11, 2014
Comment reserved.
Slave trader's affair. Concerns me not cool
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder ... (comment On Sentence Right Now) by jideomowunmi(f): 12:11pm On Sep 11, 2014
I knew it...d guy na very good actor wit all dos im tears..lets wait for other charges..i dey wait for manslaughter..make I see aw dem wan charge dat one..
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder ... (comment On Sentence Right Now) by Nobody: 12:20pm On Sep 11, 2014
Happy for him
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder ... (comment On Sentence Right Now) by ijebabe: 12:20pm On Sep 11, 2014

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