Is Oscar Pistorius heading for prison?

[malaise]

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I am watching Judge Thokosile Masipa deliver her verdict

[madokie]

1. It sure seems that he way over reacted if what he said is true

my lie-o-meter says he was lying his ass off though and if thats the case one can hope he is going to be doing hard time. The girls life is worth more than him simply making a mistake. Hey Oscar maybe having the gun wasn't a good idea after all. You had options other than shoot shoot shoot but having that gun so handy made it too easy to make the mistake of thinking all problems can be solved with a bullet or bullets in this case.

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. She took on prosecution points first.

Now on to the defense case.

[malaise]

20. The cow bawling has begun

He cries more than Boehner.

Culpable homicide coming up...after lunch???

[madokie]

24. I think those crocodile tears done him in

I mean they showed that he was lying though his teeth, begging for mercy if you will. The girls life is/was worth more than it being he simply made a mistake.

[malaise]

26. She ended the day with one important fact - Oscar Pistorius was

negligent. He failed the 'reasonable man' test.
It will be culpable homicide tomorrow.

I really expected a verdict today.

[JI7]

2. so far sounds like he will go free which is what i always thought would happen

but i think he is guilty and murdered her.

hopefully he has to serve some time but i'm not sure how things work in SA

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. Hard to tell.

No matter what the judge is saying, her ultimate conclusion is still up in the air.
I lean towards her acquitting him, but it's too foggy.

[joshcryer]

7. Same, but I didn't see the full thing.

If the facts that she is agreeing with are the truth, then, well, he's innocent to any rational person.

[JI7]

4. says judgement is over 100 pages long

does this mean she will read the entire thing and we wont know until the end of those pages ?

[joshcryer]

6. That would be insane.

But she seems to be going through the pages one by one.

[joshcryer]

8. She just adjourned.

I guess she's reading all 100 pages after all.

[edbermac]

9. Live on the BBC site

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29143544

Don't hold your breath waiting for this verdict; looks like she has about 70 pages still left to read.

[JI7]

11. will it even be read today or will it continue into the next day ?

[edbermac]

12. The Beeb says it is possible it may go til tomorrow

There is a close-up of her and she is reading a bunch of papers on the lectern in front of her and when she gets done with one page she flips it over and puts it next to her. As of now like I said she seems to have about 70 pages to go.

[malaise]

17. We will know in a few minutes

I think

[malaise]

27. You were right

It's tomorrow but she hinted that he is guilty culpable homicide - she said he failed the 'reasonable man' test and was negligent.

[edbermac]

13. verdict resumes after break nt

[Are_grits_groceries]

14. Now she is hammering Pistorious. nt

[malaise]

19. My problem for day one was

how did he not know that she wa not in the bed?
That makes no sense

[edbermac]

15. She just about dismissed the premeditated murder charge against him

Might get him on a manslaughter charge

"The state clearly has not proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of premeditated murder. There are just not enough facts to support such a finding," says Judge Masipa."

[Are_grits_groceries]

16. Not surprising to me. nt

[malaise]

18. I think he'll get fifteen years

as opposed to twenty five to life

[malaise]

21. She did - not premeditated murder n/t

[edbermac]

22. Yep probably will be manslaughter nt

[AngryOldDem]

25. My guess as well.

The premeditated murder charge was kind of a stretch, IMO. However, I think manslaughter was convincingly proven.

ESPN trailer said the reading of the verdict could go on for hours -- or days.

[malaise]

28. Yep - guilty of culpable homicide

Now we wait for the sentence which will be a major problem.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

23. nope... not premeditated... n/t