Bullets for his Valentine - Pistorius bailed

"Chicken tastes like chicken" to put this in perspectiveTerrorists flew planes into the WTC killing thousands.

I feel for the guy, to be honest. Still, murder is murder.

[iup=3595057]Buffalo[/iup] wrote:I feel for the guy, to be honest. Still, murder is murder.

Except when it's culpable homicide.

That's the SA version of manslaughter, isn't it? Well done on correcting me.

[iup=3595232]Lucien[/iup] wrote:He's only being jailed for 10 months. After that, it's four years of 'house arrest' which... yeah, not much of a punishment considering he killed a young woman.

But he won't get to compete until 2019! Jesus, I wonder if he actually will.

[iup=3595207]Buffalo[/iup] wrote:That's the SA version of manslaughter, isn't it? Well done on correcting me.

Not sure if that's dripping with sarcasm or not. Don't care either way if it is, but it's quite magnificent.

Can you actually leave the house under house arrest, like with a electronic tag? It doesn't look like it, according to Wikipedia.

Now that Pistorius is in jail, he could really have a burglar in his toilet. How ironic is that?

I'm pretty certain someone is going to smash his back door in at some point.

Ten months seems like a slap on the wrist for culpable homicide. Less than a year behind bars for killing another human being through the reckless use of a lethal weapon. Even if it was not intentional the sentence is still ridiculously lenient.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29786011

[iup=3600160]Gandalf[/iup] wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29786011

They haven't got a leg to stand on.

Pistorius has been found guilty of murder, at last!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34993002

Bit iffy that - if you think there's a burglar/intruder in your house and you shoot at them (albeit through a wooden toilet door) is that really murder? To me, murder is the planned killing of another person with a motive to do so, which in this case was never proven.

edit: and as I posted that I could see that perhaps the fact there was an intruder maybe could be classed as the motive :slol:

Bailed at £458 and given the opportunity to overturn his verdict. SA's legal system doesn't seem very robust.

Mr Mystery Guest wrote:Bit iffy that - if you think there's a burglar/intruder in your house and you shoot at them (albeit through a wooden toilet door) is that really murder? To me, murder is the planned killing of another person with a motive to do so, which in this case was never proven.

edit: and as I posted that I could see that perhaps the fact there was an intruder maybe could be classed as the motive

The key point was that this was in no way self defence. Lethal force in self defence can only be used when there is a real and present threat to the life of yourself or another.

Here he speculated there was a burglar. He had no basis for fearing his life was in danger. The door was closed, he had seen no intruder and seen no weapon. There was distance between him and bathroom.

By choosing to shoot into the bathroom he chose to use lethal force. Given the confined space and number of shots fired he had to realise that he might kill someone, in fact that was probably his intention. He cannot and has not in any way been able to justify how or why he felt his life was at risk at the moment he chose to shoot.

If the bathroom door opened and an intruder stepped out holding a gun then he could have reasonably assumed he was in danger. But that didn't happen.

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-36685772

Pistorius is sentenced to six years in jail.

Considering he could (maybe should) have got the 15-year minimum, I think he's got off fairly lightly.

Judge Masipa must have a thing for amputees. Can the verdict be appealed again?

Preezy wrote:Considering he could (maybe should) have got the 15-year minimum, I think he's got off fairly lightly.

Actually he is hopping mad about it.

Bullets for his Valentine - Pistorius bailed

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