Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder of Reeva Steenkamp, appeal court rules – live

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sassy wrote:No, sorry, read it in the Guardian and put it straight on, thought we needed a new title as the other wasn't appropriate.

sassy wrote:Disagree.  Looked at the title already there, thought 'old news, needs new thread'.

sassy wrote:I said I hadn't seen your post.  Anyway, whatever, there are more important things going on at the moment than worrying about a duplicated thread.

Original Quill wrote:It's all right.  I think this is a major turn in the case, that might warrant a new subject.

Anyhow, the analysis of mens rea is absolutely the correct analysis.  Good for the SA court.

We always felt that there was something wrong with a person admitting killing someone, and admitting that he intended death...but only...hitting the wrong person.  That, plus a lot of po' lil me tears is what got him off.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Original Quill wrote:It's all right.  I think this is a major turn in the case, that might warrant a new subject.

Anyhow, the analysis of mens rea is absolutely the correct analysis.  Good for the SA court.

We always felt that there was something wrong with a person admitting killing someone, and admitting that he intended death...but only...hitting the wrong person.  That, plus a lot of po' lil me tears is what got him off.

I've posted about it in the other thread, and since I posted before Sassy, I'll continue to post in that one if there's any more interesting news.