06-15-2016, 10:01 AM
Sentencing Hearing Underway
Pistorious and his attorney (Roux) are pleading for leniency in sentencing.
Prosecutor Nel criticized Pistorius for giving an interview to a major tv outlet last week. He said Pistorius never told the truth to the court.
He also questioned Pistorius' claim of remorse, despite giving no consistent explanation for what happened on the night Reeva was shot dead.
'Remorse without a credible explanation is impossible - remorse for what?' he demanded to know.'There is a difference between I am very sorry Reeva is dead and I am sorry for myself that Reeva is dead,' Mr Nel argued.
Nel challenged the defence's request to spare Pistorius a return to jail and hospitalising him instead; he said that would be too far from the prescribed sentence for murder which is 15 years.
Pistorious and his attorney (Roux) are pleading for leniency in sentencing.
Prosecutor Nel criticized Pistorius for giving an interview to a major tv outlet last week. He said Pistorius never told the truth to the court.
He also questioned Pistorius' claim of remorse, despite giving no consistent explanation for what happened on the night Reeva was shot dead.
'Remorse without a credible explanation is impossible - remorse for what?' he demanded to know.'There is a difference between I am very sorry Reeva is dead and I am sorry for myself that Reeva is dead,' Mr Nel argued.
Nel challenged the defence's request to spare Pistorius a return to jail and hospitalising him instead; he said that would be too far from the prescribed sentence for murder which is 15 years.