Oscar Pistorius case

[Nik1ab]

I don't care about some guy who might or might not have shot someone.

what you mean by might not have shot ..? even he confessed he did the crime..! but now just trying to explain so  many other things..!

I didn't follow the trial. I was just telling my opinion on it.

[rohnearner]

I don't care about some guy who might or might not have shot someone.

what you mean by "might not have shot" ..? even he confessed he did the crime..! but now just trying to explain so  many other things..!

I didn't follow the trial. I was just telling my opinion on it.

Ohh so now you know a little ..! does it make any difference ..? I don't think so, and I can understand even I didn't knew about it till I read an article  last week on same subject.

[maku]

I don't get it. I mean the guy has money, he was famous before the murder/accident, so why would he kill her? If they had an argument ,he should just break up  with her

[rohnearner]

I don't get it. I mean the guy has money, he was famous before the murder/accident, so why would he kill her? If they had an argument ,he should just break up  with her

lol didn't you heard this line before " When you get success its hard to handle it " not everyone can handle it...! and who knows what exactly made him so angry that he shoot her.

[maku]

I don't get it. I mean the guy has money, he was famous before the murder/accident, so why would he kill her? If they had an argument ,he should just break up  with her

lol didn't you heard this line before " When you get success its hard to handle it " not everyone can handle it...! and who knows what exactly made him so angry that he shoot her.

True, if someone is a criminal or if he killed her in a fight (she was screaming, he slap her, she kicked him, he took a gun and shoot her).
But from what I heard it looked like he planned to kill her, so at that time he wasn't angry (at least not furious)

[RodeoX]

I carry a gun everyday and keep one ready every night. If I killed someone, as described in his defense, then I should go to jail because it was my fault they died. I don't know know the law there, but here if you blindly shoot through a door then you are going to prison. 

[hilariousandco]

I carry a gun everyday and keep one ready every night. If I killed someone, as described in his defense, then I should go to jail because it was my fault they died. I don't know know the law there, but here if you blindly shoot through a door then you are going to prison. 

Yeah, but he's rich and white so that tips the justice scales significantly.

[Don007]

I carry a gun everyday and keep one ready every night. If I killed someone, as described in his defense, then I should go to jail because it was my fault they died. I don't know know the law there, but here if you blindly shoot through a door then you are going to prison. 

Yeah, but he's rich and white so that tips the justice scales significantly.

So, being white and rich means you can kill someone over there without being sent to jail? I don't think that's true..     If that's true, I'm sure many other countries will tell that country how to use justice.

[acs267]

I carry a gun everyday and keep one ready every night. If I killed someone, as described in his defense, then I should go to jail because it was my fault they died. I don't know know the law there, but here if you blindly shoot through a door then you are going to prison. 

Yeah, but he's rich and white so that tips the justice scales significantly.

So, being white and rich means you can kill someone over there without being sent to jail? I don't think that's true..     If that's true, I'm sure many other countries will tell that country how to use justice.

Actually, police corruption in Africa is kind of common. I wouldn't be surprised if he DIDN'T go to jail.
And being wealthy in some countries even give you a good path, including some of the most powerful ones.

[hilariousandco]

I carry a gun everyday and keep one ready every night. If I killed someone, as described in his defense, then I should go to jail because it was my fault they died. I don't know know the law there, but here if you blindly shoot through a door then you are going to prison. 

Yeah, but he's rich and white so that tips the justice scales significantly.

So, being white and rich means you can kill someone over there without being sent to jail? I don't think that's true..     If that's true, I'm sure many other countries will tell that country how to use justice.

You can get away with a lot when you're rich or just white. Why do poor black people go to jail for the same crimes whilst white people don't (or get far lesser sentences?) I'm sure we'll soon see when Pistorious gets a lean sentence and not the sentence a usual murderer gets.

[tins]

I carry a gun everyday and keep one ready every night. If I killed someone, as described in his defense, then I should go to jail because it was my fault they died. I don't know know the law there, but here if you blindly shoot through a door then you are going to prison. 

Yeah, but he's rich and white so that tips the justice scales significantly.

So, being white and rich means you can kill someone over there without being sent to jail? I don't think that's true..     If that's true, I'm sure many other countries will tell that country how to use justice.

You can get away with a lot when you're rich or just white. Why do poor black people go to jail for the same crimes whilst white people don't (or get far lesser sentences?) I'm sure we'll soon see when Pistorious gets a lean sentence and not the sentence a usual murderer gets.

Normally I agree, but not with this case. They have way too much world media focused on them to let him off with a lite sentence in a clear cut brutal murder.

[hilariousandco]

I carry a gun everyday and keep one ready every night. If I killed someone, as described in his defense, then I should go to jail because it was my fault they died. I don't know know the law there, but here if you blindly shoot through a door then you are going to prison.  

Yeah, but he's rich and white so that tips the justice scales significantly.

So, being white and rich means you can kill someone over there without being sent to jail? I don't think that's true..     If that's true, I'm sure many other countries will tell that country how to use justice.

You can get away with a lot when you're rich or just white. Why do poor black people go to jail for the same crimes whilst white people don't (or get far lesser sentences?) I'm sure we'll soon see when Pistorious gets a lean sentence and not the sentence a usual murderer gets.

Normally I agree, but not with this case. They have way too much world media focused on them to let him off with a lite sentence in a clear cut brutal murder.

It's a double-edged sword and only time will tell, but you might be right. The media spotlight on this case is huge, but I still don't think he will get the full sentance that murders usually do.

[Don007]

We will find out. I think Tins has a good point, due to the big media spotlight on this case I don't think they can give him a lower sentence just because he's white (/ and rich). But even if that does happen, we will never know how the Judge would have acted if Oscar was black and poor, as all trials are different.

[RodeoX]

Interesting thoughts guys. Sadly I think being a rich white guy does play a role. If he were poor and black he might already be in jail. And if his girl friend was white, he might already be executed. 

[Dogtanian]

Interesting thoughts guys. Sadly I think being a rich white guy does play a role. If he were poor and black he might already be in jail. And if his girl friend was white, he might already be executed. 

It does play a part but he wouldntve been executed already. Does South Africa even have the death penalty?

[RodeoX]

Interesting thoughts guys. Sadly I think being a rich white guy does play a role. If he were poor and black he might already be in jail. And if his girl friend was white, he might already be executed. 

It does play a part but he wouldntve been executed already. Does South Africa even have the death penalty?

I don't know? And I was exaggerating.

[bryant.coleman]

Yeah, but he's rich and white so that tips the justice scales significantly.

Race has nothing to do with this. If it was so, then OJ Simpson would have been jailed for murdering two white people. Being rich helps, but being white doesn't matter much nowadays.

[hilariousandco]

Yeah, but he's rich and white so that tips the justice scales significantly.

Race has nothing to do with this. If it was so, then OJ Simpson would have been jailed for murdering two white people. Being rich helps, but being white doesn't matter much nowadays.

Of course race has a lot to do with it. Just because some rich black people with the best lawyers in the world get away with it doesn't change anything.

[bryant.coleman]

Of course race has a lot to do with it. Just because some rich black people with the best lawyers in the world get away with it doesn't change anything.

I think that the reverse is true. A white person who has committed the same crime as a black guy is usually given more harsher sentence, while the black guy is some times let off just because of his race.

[hilariousandco]

Of course race has a lot to do with it. Just because some rich black people with the best lawyers in the world get away with it doesn't change anything.

I think that the reverse is true. A white person who has committed the same crime as a black guy is usually given more harsher sentence, while the black guy is some times let off just because of his race.

Maybe in Australia but not in the US: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYORruzVefQ