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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Nobody: 2:45pm On Sep 11, 2014
boofydon: Had the feeling he would be let off the hook. Get the best lawyers, hope your prosecutor present a weak case and you will always be found "not guilty" tongue.
[b]Only God knows the true story. [/b]Congrats to his legal team


Exactly, only God knows the true story.
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by rhymz(m): 2:45pm On Sep 11, 2014
GuyFawkes: In all trials, "purely circumstantial" evidence is frequently the clearest path to the truth--even superior to eye-witness accounts. For goodness sake, there have been murder convictions where no body has been found, and circumstantial evidence is all there is..

It boggles the mind that Judge Masipa did not apply ordinary reasoning in her ruling. Ordinary reasoning points one way--toward guilt. First, no woman living intimately with a man would get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and, in the dark, lock the door behind her. Second, disabled in the legs or not, Mr. Pistorius is equipped with a functioning voice, good hearing and fully working arms. Why, if they thought an intruder was in the room, did he not instinctively listen for Ms. Steenkamp's breathing, reach out with his arm to see if she were lying there, or whisper to her to stay put? It's not very hard to figure out almost instantaneously that a partner has left the bed. Mr. Pistorius, even by his own account, had lots of time before he went to the bathroom to have figured this out.

While reading about the trial, I kept wondering if the prosecutor directly challenged Mr. Pistorius by saying this: Surely this was not the first time Ms. Steenkamp got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Why didn't you think an intruder was in the bathroom the other nights?
You are contradicting your own arguments. As much as you want him to jailed, there has to be proof beyond reasonable doubts that the defendant actually had the intent to murder his girlfriend. What you think he may have done is not a fact that any serious judge will use as an evidence to put somebody's life away in the dungeon.

Most of the witness account either defiled common logic or the established facts. The court of law is in the business of hard evidence not people's whims and caprices of what could have been.

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Lilimax(f): 2:46pm On Sep 11, 2014
La victoire enfin pour Oscar Pistorius! smiley
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Nobody: 2:46pm On Sep 11, 2014
Calebosko: she wanted to date a super star,that saves her good,all this girls when they see superstar them head let loos,dey dont care if he had a good character.if a poor guy for for them they go form am not ur class
This is what happens when a CRETIN has access to Internet.so because she wanted to date a famous person she deserved to be murdered.
SMH.


btw





your IQ must be equivalent to the total number of ur fingers

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Nobody: 2:47pm On Sep 11, 2014
that was close!

Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by ceeceeco: 2:49pm On Sep 11, 2014
Hmmm! Lucky guy. U just escaped 25yrs jail term.

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by ceejayluv(m): 2:49pm On Sep 11, 2014
Kx: If I remember that an innocent woman was killed I say Judge why?

But if I look back and realize that a "legless" poor disable man who assumed armed robbers had gained entrance into his flat and were holding up in the bathroom and the initial life and death reaction was to use all that was within his immediate reach to protect himself and his girlfriend, I say thank God that justice is about to be served.
The question I always asked was, "why would an armed or otherwise intruder go to the bathroom and lock himself?"... "did he suddenly develop a running stomach after scaling the fence?"... That guy was paranoid, dangerously paranoid at that.

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Nobody: 2:51pm On Sep 11, 2014

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Nobody: 2:54pm On Sep 11, 2014
GuyFawkes:

The comparison between OJ's trial and this one fits like a well-worn glove. Pistorius had a dream team of lawyers like OJ had and the outcome was never in doubt.

Apart from the fact that they're both high profile sportsmen who allegedly killed their women, both cases are somewhat different IMO. From the get-go, Oscar accepted that he did it, and the bone of contention has been if it was premeditated murder or homicide. With Oscar as the person who can provide evidence for the former. Guilty of either one of the two types of killing in South Africa or both from the get-go Vs. claimed innocence from the get-go.

However, in OJ's case, he never accepted that he did it, and he's still claiming innocence. Also, all the evidence that would've alluded to the fact that he did it were tampered with - and the court of law made the right decision.

So, basically, it's no evidence for premeditated murder but accepted homicide Vs. tampered evidence for murder but claimed innocence and was acquitted.

We'll never know if OJ killed his wife or not. But we all know Oscar killed his girlfriend, and the court of law said it wasn't premeditated.

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by RICHIEBOI1(m): 2:57pm On Sep 11, 2014
Idrismusty97: Of course he wouldn't be found guilty.... Not after employing the best lawyers in the world.
And also bringing medals to south africa too. How sad.
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by sovpounds(m): 2:59pm On Sep 11, 2014
snowprince07: Ok.space
booked incase of next time tongue

you can sell the space for $1 million.
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by PhockPhockMan: 3:02pm On Sep 11, 2014
biikeys:

@ Op, he was found 'not guilty' for 'premeditated murder'.He's still not clear of culpable homicide which is almost same as involuntary manslaughter.
The news is that he has been acquitted of Murder. Read well.
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by fairari022(m): 3:03pm On Sep 11, 2014
it's a happy day for Oscar pistoria,but a complicated day in south the Africa judiciary system

I thought the judiciary was supposed to be the last hope for the commoners.







does anything good comes outta September 11?

another sad September 11

south Africa on the blink

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by slap1(m): 3:04pm On Sep 11, 2014
Screw justice!
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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Suljosh: 3:10pm On Sep 11, 2014
Law is an “Ass” imagine this guy in a black skin! God judgement await him.
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Nobody: 3:11pm On Sep 11, 2014
MrKnowitall: Man kills his girlfriend in cold blood...found not guilty. Man hits his wife in an elevator...loses everything. I don't understand this crazy world, this crazy perplexing world.
Pull your underwear down, just a lil bit.
Just wanna be sure you also have 6pacs in your "kini"...
Nice build.
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Suljosh: 3:11pm On Sep 11, 2014
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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Nobody: 3:15pm On Sep 11, 2014
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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by kingschild123(m): 3:16pm On Sep 11, 2014
Please get your facts right the case has been adjourned till 9:30am tomorrow.
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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by ajebuter(f): 3:17pm On Sep 11, 2014
Well, his tears and cry-baby acts paid off! Quite a waste of a very beautiful lady. Maybe our girls would learn a thing or two from the saga and never just agree to cohabitate with any handsomen famous or rich face.
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by maxisfield(f): 3:20pm On Sep 11, 2014
Ds is nt justice at all..evn if twia intruders so he had to fire d shots rada dan callin d police?? Accordin to one of d witnesses she hrd arguements bfor she had d shots. Wat a judge angry

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by 9jatatafo(m): 3:23pm On Sep 11, 2014
The law is not about who is telling the truth but has the FACTS. It is FACT that wins the case not the TRUTH. Oscar will still go down I guess

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by fpeter(f): 3:25pm On Sep 11, 2014
This thing called law.....

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by free2ryhme: 3:26pm On Sep 11, 2014
Illuminati things I knew it will come to this
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by josh001(m): 3:30pm On Sep 11, 2014
Funbii: He may yet be found guilty. This is only the
verdict as to premeditated murder, but something tells me he will get away all the same.
But its ridiculous, just because he DIDN’T CONFESS, you can’t find him guilty. You consider the evidence and you make the determination based on that. His story was utterly laughable. FAIR?? To whom? Certainly not to that poor woman that he murdered in cold blood. Just another example of a famous, rich man getting away with murdering a woman with little or no consequences.
Of what I know as pertaining to proof of murder and other related offences, it must be proved beyond reasonable doubt, an iota of ambiguity is enough to destroy the prosecutor's case, this serves the duty of ensuring that the innocent is not unduly punished, be you rich or poor, that is the general rule, so you really can blame nobody, he may however have used his riches to hire good lawyers.

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Truckpusher(m): 3:31pm On Sep 11, 2014
I knew he was going to walk.

after all the police mishandled the evidences.

smh

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Nobody: 3:32pm On Sep 11, 2014
Now I know why Barry Roux charges R50 000 a day...

Money well spent Oscar

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Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by biikeys(m): 3:34pm On Sep 11, 2014
PhockPhockMan: The news is that he has been acquitted of Murder. Read well.

I know smiley
Just emphasizing that he's not in the clear yet.
Re: Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty Of Murder by Davidbanky(m): 3:34pm On Sep 11, 2014
Seun: His reaction to the verdict is either the reaction of an innocent man or the that of a world class actor. He made a mistake and tried to hide it.


Damn! What happens to all those analysis I watched ... Whao! Cant believe this, am a little disappointed though, but what if he was actually innocent, I guess that's for God to know

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