• Pistorius now officially convicted of murder
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[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34993002[/url] [quote][B]Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned an earlier manslaughter verdict. [/B]South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the lower court did not correctly apply the rule of dolus eventualis - whether Pistorius knew that a death would be a likely result of his actions.[B][/quote] [/B]
That's some crazy legal system they've got.. I hope [I]this[/I] verdict sticks like wet spaghetti to a wall.
Well, at least there's justice.
Took fucking long enough.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;49234914]That's some crazy legal system they've got.. I hope [I]this[/I] verdict sticks like wet spaghetti to a wall.[/QUOTE] It's almost the same as ours. District (state courts), then appeal courts. The same thing could happen in Australia.
So he'll be in prison for a minimum of 15 years, quite a turnaround for that result
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