richard09
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 | | Subject: Oscar Pistorius Convicted Of Murder Thu Dec 03, 2015 6:10 am | |
| I seem to remember a thread somewhere about this case. Oscar Pistorius Convicted Of Murder - Quote :
- Paralympian Oscar Pistorius' conviction for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has been scaled up to murder from culpable homicide by South Africa's top appeals court.
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NoCoPilot
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Age : 70
Location : Seattle
| | Subject: Re: Oscar Pistorius Convicted Of Murder Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:31 am | |
| The South African justice system must be different from ours. - Quote :
- State prosecutors who lodged the appeal say Pistorius intended to kill Steenkamp and that she fled to a toilet during a row. Pistorius denies deliberately killing Steenkamp, saying he mistook her for an intruder at his home.
In our system, if the prosecutor loses after failing to make his case, he cannot file an "appeal" stating essentially the same case that lost initially and have the court ruling overturned by a different judge. |
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