DonRocks Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Quietly, suddenly, in the middle of the night, less than one year after gunning down his girlfriend in cold blood ... "Oscar Pistorius Released from Jail" by Laura Wagner on npr.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Quietly, suddenly, in the middle of the night, less than one year after gunning down his girlfriend in cold blood ... What warrant do you have for "in cold blood"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 What warrant do you have for "in cold blood"? "In hot blood" is most likely a better descriptor - I have little doubt it was an act of passion and rage. If you're going to ask me why I have little doubt, I'll answer, "same as O.J. Simpson" (which I believe was "in cold blood," or at least "in hot blood that had ample time to cool down"). Roids and Rods: not a good combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 "In hot blood" is most likely a better descriptor - I have little doubt it was an act of passion and rage. If you're going to ask me why I have little doubt, I'll answer, "same as O.J. Simpson" (which I believe was "in cold blood," or at least "in hot blood that had ample time to cool down"). Roids and Rods: not a good combo. Interesting, but unsatisfying. In the Simpson case, if Simpson committed the murders, which I too believe is overwhelmingly likely, given the details there could be no possible defense of "I thought they were intruders" or "I didn't intend to harm the victims". Simpson, of course, has always denied that he did it. Pistorius has never denied that he fired the fatal shots, but insists that he did not think that he was shooting at his girlfriend. Perhaps if I had heard all of the testimony in the trial I might come to a conclusion that there's little doubt that he intended to kill his girlfriend, but I can't reach that conclusion on what I know of the case. Perhaps he did, but perhaps he didn't. At best, he acted recklessly and can't be absolved of guilt, which he hasn't been. But okay, now, what warrant do you have for "Roids"? Was evidence of steroid use by Pistorius produced at trial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 But okay, now, what warrant do you have for "Roids"? Was evidence of steroid use by Pistorius produced at trial? "Oscar Pistorius Murder Charge: 'Steroids Found at Athlete's Home'" on telegraph.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 "Oscar Pistorius Murder Charge: 'Steroids Found at Athlete's Home'" on telegraph.co.uk Except it turned out that there weren't any steroids at Pastorius's home. Also, urine samples collected from Pastorius after his arrest showed no sign of steroids. I know I may be coming across as an advocate or apologist for Oscar Pastorius, but I am not. I have no investment in him one way or another. But fair is fair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 "Oscar Pistorious Convicted of Murder by Appeals Court" on abcnews.go.com "No Date Set Yet for Sentencing of Oscar Pistorious for Murder' by Christopher Torchia on abcnews.go.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Again, I really offer no judgment on the guilt or innocence of Mr. Pistorius. It does seem odd and wrong, though, for a more-or-less common-law country to have no trial by jury, and for an appeals court to be empowered to replace the trial court's verdict with a conviction for a more serious crime without a retrial of the facts. Ah well, foreigners have foreign ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 Again, I really offer no judgment on the guilt or innocence of Mr. Pistorius. It does seem odd and wrong, though, for a more-or-less common-law country to have no trial by jury, and for an appeals court to be empowered to replace the trial court's verdict with a conviction for a more serious crime without a retrial of the facts. Ah well, foreigners have foreign ways. I agree - it's Double Jeopardy (or, in this case, Final Jeopardy (*)). That said, I'm happy in an if-only-it-was-OJ-sort-of-way. (*) That was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 "Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail, Will Appeal Murder Conviction" by Erin Flynn on si.com This is starting to remind me of the Amanda Knox case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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