Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty of Murder

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Oscar Pistorius has been found not guilty of the pre-meditated murder (Intentional killing ) of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The judge said there were not enough evidence to prove him guilty that the case was based entirely on circumstantial evidence and dismissed the witness testimony. She added saying the witnesses were unreliable as most of what they said weren't accurate and even if Oscar was evasive with some facts, it doesn't mean he's guilty of murder.

This would be argued based on his state of mind at the time. Culpable homicide is murder by negligence. She will compare his conduct with that of a reasonable thinking person, and the question would be if a reasonable thinking person would act like he did under the same circumstances.

The sentencing is purely based the discretion of the judge and precedence(Previous cases).

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