[Eric]

I'm surprised that nobody seems to be considering that Pistorius may indeed be "not guilty" of the charge ... whatever else he may be guilty of is irrelevant. There is obviously "reasonable doubt." One of the problems which crops up when the prosecution elects to try someone for a crime which carries the death penalty ... good ol' USA ... or life imprisonment, is that juries are ruled by "reasonable doubt" and will not convict on the basis of circumstantial evidence, however convincing that might be. All we hear of the trial is filtered thru media which have often proved untrustworthy and inaccurate. Trials such as this are glamorized and sensationalized in order to increase circulation and sell advertising. What happened that night; what the "true" facts are, nobody will ever know ... and therein lies the reasonable doubt.