04-15-2014, 03:46 PM
(04-15-2014, 02:59 PM)Duchess Wrote: Hot D, is there a chance the judge could believe everything that Oscar has testified to? Believe he was terrified, believe he thought Reeva was still in bed?
I have these kinds of thoughts nearing the end of all the trials now.
She might believe everything he's saying, but Judge Masipa used to be a crime reporter and has been on the bench for many years. She's likely heard a lot of liars and half-truth-tellers in her time. So, I doubt she believes everything that Pistorius is saying.
IMO, she knows he's lying about not intentionally firing the gun, at least -- hard to imagine any thinking person believing that he unconsciously pulled the trigger four times (regardless of whether he thought he was about to be attacked by an intruder or instead knew that Reeva was behind the door).
But, even if the judge does think that's a lie, she'd have to determine if it was proven beyond reasonable doubt that he fired intentionally in consultation with the two assessors before she could find him guilty of culpable homicide.