I was definitely willing to give this guy the benefit of the doubt when this broke due in part to the absolute terror of many of the richer (whiter) members of society at the hands of poor people breaking into homes and killing people and also based on some of the preliminary evidence.
But after more came out, I became much more certain that it's more likely than not that he had a fit of anger and shot at her, maybe not meaning to kill, but not controlling his rage.
This is bizarre. It does appear he may go free. But one thing I have noticed based on my own experience is that often judges say everything positive about the person who is about to lose. But, I can;t fathom this system in S.A. at all.
We'll see. Doesn;t sound good for guilt so far, though.