10-11-2014, 11:04 PM
SENTENCING ON MONDAY
I'm hoping for 15 to 20 years for the culpable homicide and firearm convictions.
But, I really got the sense from her verdict explanations that Judge Masipa believed Pistorius' claim that he thought he was shooting at an intruder (though she essentially acknowledged that he lied about other things).
Hoping Masipa doesn't go very light on the sentencing. If Pistorius gets off with less than 5 years or gets probation, it's won't be any kind of justice for Reeva and will send the wrong message to a lot of other gun-packing hotheads in South Africa, IMO.
I'm hoping for 15 to 20 years for the culpable homicide and firearm convictions.
But, I really got the sense from her verdict explanations that Judge Masipa believed Pistorius' claim that he thought he was shooting at an intruder (though she essentially acknowledged that he lied about other things).
Hoping Masipa doesn't go very light on the sentencing. If Pistorius gets off with less than 5 years or gets probation, it's won't be any kind of justice for Reeva and will send the wrong message to a lot of other gun-packing hotheads in South Africa, IMO.