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Oscar Pistorius - Paralypic Gold Medalist, Shoots and Kills Girlfriend
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 680767" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Hmmm, not so sure about that, It's not him that is using it, but rather his defence team.</p><p></p><p>What irks me about this trial is that the Judge, in my opinion didn't take his disabillity into enough consideration, and the vulnerability of having no legs. Using the "reasonable man" theory was used wrongly, as not a single witness was disabled, so how can the normal able bodied "reasonable man" be used instead of a "disabled reasonble man".</p><p></p><p>I would have used his disability more, but I think that his defence got orders from that they shouldn't.</p><p></p><p>And maybe it was a stroke of genius by them, because now, the State, and the department of Corrections has to pull out all the stops to accomodate him in prison, which I doubt they can...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Edit: I have just read up on the 1/6th part... My Apologies, I have to correct my previous post. According to our Criminal Procedure Act, section 276 states that any person may be handed a correctional supervision (house arrest) sentence if the Parole Board feels that the convicted person has served his time appropriately in prison. It's not about his disability, it's applicable to any person who got a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 680767, member: 40658"] Hmmm, not so sure about that, It's not him that is using it, but rather his defence team. What irks me about this trial is that the Judge, in my opinion didn't take his disabillity into enough consideration, and the vulnerability of having no legs. Using the "reasonable man" theory was used wrongly, as not a single witness was disabled, so how can the normal able bodied "reasonable man" be used instead of a "disabled reasonble man". I would have used his disability more, but I think that his defence got orders from that they shouldn't. And maybe it was a stroke of genius by them, because now, the State, and the department of Corrections has to pull out all the stops to accomodate him in prison, which I doubt they can... Edit: I have just read up on the 1/6th part... My Apologies, I have to correct my previous post. According to our Criminal Procedure Act, section 276 states that any person may be handed a correctional supervision (house arrest) sentence if the Parole Board feels that the convicted person has served his time appropriately in prison. It's not about his disability, it's applicable to any person who got a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment. [/QUOTE]
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