cottonweaver
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I beg your pardon? I've read 5 or 6 SCA Culpable Homicide and Murder decisions, they were very consistent in sentencing, it was repetitive; Murder was consistently 25 years. Also, it is only since new legislation that parole eligibility was reduced from 75% time served to 50% time served. Liberal beliefs are changing SA penal programs.
With this being perhaps the nation's most high profile murder case in recent memory I did expect Masipa to be hard in sentencing and 25 years was a possibility, as much of a possibility as 6, 7, 10, 12, 17, etc... Until the sentence was actually handed down all guesses were just that, guesses.
BIB I think that's something has been lost in translation here.
We've probably been reading about different cases eg. when I was reading about cases like Combrink and Oliveira you were reading other ones
http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZASCA/2011/116.html
It's probably within the realm of fantasy( ie not realistic) but a re-trial might have resolved the whole thing and got a more accurate conviction of DD of Reeva.
Remember the Nick & Lisa Skype interview with the US prosector ( now crime correspondent) Bath Karas? In there she says, in response to Nick on the pre-med aspects of the case - OP having the Black talons, getting the gun, proceeding to the door ready to shoot - it was never going to be enough to argue pre-med in real world prosecution . ( Then Nick talks about "post-meditation etc. I don't have the link, now but it's on their Shakedown site. )