Security tape. That's new this morning. #OscarPistorius pic.twitter.com/69KswkotAt- Masipa focusing on #OscarPistorius's reaction after shooting Reeva: "his conduct was inconsistent with someone who wanted to commit murder"
- "Guilty of culpable homicide." #OscarPistorius
- No tears from #OscarPistorius, who has sat back down, continues to stare straight ahead.
- It's all in the sentencing now (and the possible appeal). #OscarPistorius
- Judge Thokozile Masipa threw out Pistorius' murder charge yesterday, which riled some legal experts, Conway-Smith noted. She wrote:Legal experts in South Africa immediately took to Twitter and local TV and radio stations to debate Masipa’s judgment thus far, many of them critical of her reasoning.
James Grant, a criminal law professor at Johannesburg’s University of the Witwatersrand, tweeted: "State can appeal legal errors. Arguably a legal error to restrict dolus eventualis to Reeva when it's irrelevant who was behind the door."
Read the full piece here:
Judge throws out murder charge in Oscar Pistorius trial, riling legal experts pic.twitter.com/ooVpov744D http://glpo.st/1ADyyaF- Back at the court:
- Sentencing of #OscarPistorius will begin on 13th of October.
- And more from Conway-Smith:Sentencing will take a little while — possibly 10 days to two weeks. It will begin on Oct. 13. After that the state may decide post-sentencing to appeal, if they feel the judge erred in the law by throwing out the murder charge. Pistorius has bail under the same conditions as before and will continue living with his uncle Arnold in Pretoria as he has been doing for the past 18 months.
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Verdict in the Oscar Pistorius trial
GlobalPost senior correspondent Erin Conway-Smith live-tweeted the trial of Oscar Pistorius who was just found guilty of culpable homicide in the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Here are highlights:
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