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Old 03-11-2014, 16:50   #78
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Re: Oscar Pistorius Trial.

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Originally Posted by kestrelx View Post
There was another similar case when a guy had a bad argument with his girlfriend he ended up strangling her and later hung himself - same as this case except he didn't hang himself. Point is a lot of people do it.
Strangling someone and "shoot[ing] blindly into a toilet" are way different ... at least as far as law is concerned. The law is the law; it's written, in some ancient cases, in stone. It's not the kind of thing you can make up as you go along, depending on whether or not you like the accused, or, for that matter, despise the victim. The prosecution made a case based on pure circumstance. There was no clear motive (domestic disputes don't count ... if they did, everyone on the planet would have a motive for murder) ... no witnesses, other than defendant and the victim. No evidence that the murder was planned. The prosecution offered little more than they argued; Pistorius had issues and/or a passion for guns; he was potentially violent; etc. The "he must have known it was her in the bog" argument is more circumstance, implying a knowledge of the contents of his mind at the time. A verdict of "manslaughter" might not be to everyone's taste, but it is reasonable given the evidence. Lotsa folks would love assholes to be convicted of all kinds of shiite .... but the real world ain't hollywood; sometimes the bad guys win. Maybe our willing suspension of disbelief should be applied outside of theatre.
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