Oscar Pistorius - Sentencing - 7.6.2016

[mrjitty]

I think she's going to play this with a straight bat. 15 years less time served.

Going back to your comment about "pay grade" I think that heading for safe harbour is sensible for any Judge.

Love to know which way the judicial winds are blowing

 

[cottonweaver]

She's admonishing all us naughty truth seekers...

I know, infantilising society too.
Ever the patriarch, rebel Masipa

 

[Val1]

It sounds like she was dismissing Mr Steenkamp's 'perceptions' that they argued that night.

She said there wasn't a "shred of evidence" to support that in her view.... I think she's going to go as soft as she thinks she can get away with.

 

[cottonweaver]

op looks upset now imo as Steenkamp's pain is described

 

[katydid23]

Is she now setting up a defense for her giving a 'lesser sentence'???

 

[Chelly]

Oh oh.....Here we go with addressing lesser sentencing.

 

[Greater Than]

Is she now setting up a defense for her giving a 'lesser sentence'???

Sure sounds like it.

 

[katydid23]

"The more a court feels uneasy about a forced sentence, the more they will feel it is an injustice..."


There it is....she thinks it is an injustice to sentence him to 15, in my opinion

 

[cottonweaver]

Substantial & Compelling - Malgas again cited.

Judge also refers to S vs Vilakazi case. It’s quite clear that the SCA has already clarified what the compelling circumstances would be.

her discretion to deviate from 15 , as per standard

 

[Cloen]

aggravating factors - high calibre weapon used/into toilet door/ knowing no escape for someone behind the door/ he was trained in firearms/ fired no warning shot

 

[Fluffykins]

Thank you all for posting. I'm deaf so can't follow a feed so you all are my live feed!

 

[Sherbert]

A number of aggravating and mitigating circumstances....lethal weapon...no warning shot....moves quickly on to mitigating...

 

[cottonweaver]

Masipa speaks about aggravating and mitigating factors. She says there’s a lot of aggravating factors, including lethal firearm, fired four shots, failed to fire a warning shot.

 

[JudgeJudi]

He took immediate steps to save here life. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cloen]

mitigating factors - he felt intruder in bathroom/felt threatened / took steps to save deceased life/Stipps evidence that accused implored him to save deceased life

 

[kaos]

I'm of the opinion he never tried to save her life but was preparing to get rid of her body - until that pesky Dr. Stipp butted his nose in.

 

[Sherbert]

Counsel for the State said no compelling circumstances...I disagree....public apology to parents of deceased...

 

[Really?]

She loooooooves op.....gross

 

[Sherbert]

Request to meet parents was repeated more than once...

 

[cottonweaver]

Mitigating factors, Masipa says he was on his stumps and felt vulnerable. OP also immediately tried to resuscitate Reeva and makes reference to Johan Stipp.