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Justice for Oscar Pistorius Oscar Pistorius became more famous after he murdered his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, than he ever was as a track star. It’s like how O.J. Simpson became more famous after he murdered his wife, Nicole Brown, than he ever was as a football player. The fateful symmetry began with Pistorius’s trial. Just like O.J.’s trial in America, the media… Read more.
I must begin with a little rant about cable news networks. They do so much to annoy and dismay these days – with their beating-a-dead-horse coverage of any and everything – I invariably tune out after just a few minutes. This was the case on Friday when they began broadcasting reporters scavenging through the home of… Read more.
I am on record declaring my belief that Oscar Pistorius is “as guilty as sin,” and predicting that Judge Masipa would sentence him to seven years in prison (after weighing all mitigating and aggravating factors). Well, today was judgment day for the disgraced Paralympian. Before commenting any further, however, I feel constrained to note that many commentators… Read more.
The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has ruled out all murder charges, but says he may still be guilty of culpable homicide (manslaughter). Judge Thokozile Masipa said the prosecution had failed to prove the Olympic athlete killed his girlfriend deliberately in the toilet after a row, prompting tears from Mr Pistorius. He cannot have… Read more.
Oscar Pistorius was in an altercation at an upmarket nightclub over the weekend, his family said Tuesday… Regardless of who started the argument, the weekend episode focuses fresh attention on the disputed character of Pistorius, a globally recognized athlete who is on trial for murder after he fatally shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a closed… Read more.
South Africans woke up this morning to the truly shocking news that world famous Paralympian Oscar Pistorius (26) had been charged with murder. The double-leg amputee is claiming that: … he accidentally shot dead his model girlfriend at his luxury South Africa home when he mistook her for an intruder. (Mail & Guardian, February 14,… Read more.
