Prosecutors To Appeal Oscar Pistorius Judgment, Sentence

[Purveyor]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- South African prosecutors will appeal the verdict and the sentence in the Oscar Pistorius case, a spokesman for the country's National Prosecuting Authority told CNN on Monday.

A judge sentenced Pistorius to five years in prison last week after finding the double-amputee track star guilty of culpable homicide, or negligent killing, in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

Pistorius acknowledged shooting Steenkamp in February 2013. Prosecutors claim he wanted to kill her; Pistorius said he mistook her for an intruder and her killing was a tragic accident.

The appeal doesn't necessarily mean either the verdict or the sentence against Pistorius will be thrown out, said CNN legal analyst Kelly Phelps. And it's even less likely he will be freed at the end of what's likely to be a six-month process, she said.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/27/justice/south-africa-oscar-pistorius-appeal/

[proverbialwisdom]

1. Good.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/2020-oscar-pistorius-girlfriend-afraid-25476093

Why Oscar Pistorius' Ex-Girlfriend Was Afraid of Him
"I think he had that control over who's in my life and who's not," says Samantha Taylor.
08:18 | 09/13/2014

20/20 VIDEO

http://abcnews.go.com/International/oscar-pistorius-girlfriend-thought-couldve/story?id=25428694

Oscar Pistorius' Ex-Girlfriend: 'It Could've Been Me'
Sep 12, 2014, 10:15 AM ET
By GAIL DEUTSCH, MOLLIE RIEGGER, ALEXA VALIENTE and LAUREN EFFRON
LAUREN EFFRON Digital Producer via 20/20

2 MOTHERS, 2 BOOKS:

http://www.citypress.co.za/news/samantha-taylor-tells/

Oscar: An Accident Waiting to Happen
Melinda Ferguson (Author), Patricia Taylor (Author)

Oscar: An Accident Waiting to Happen is the inside story of ex-girlfriend Samantha Taylors tumultuous romantic relationship with the athlete told through the eyes of her mother, Patricia Taylor.

http://jacana.bookslive.co.za/blog/2014/09/15/dont-miss-the-launch-of-oscar-an-accident-waiting-to-happen-by-melinda-ferguson-and-patricia-taylor/

http://www.all4women.co.za/entertainment/books/june-steenkamp-to-release-memoir-on-reeva-s-life-and-death


June Steenkamp revealed that she is writing a memoir about her daughter Reeva’s life and her own experiences during the trial of Oscar Pistorius

[Malraiders]

2. Fact - Pistorius is a member of England's royal family. So is Geraldo

Rivera and Patrick Stewart (3rd in line of succesion to the throne) and Will Ferrell.

"Pistorius, famous for being the first disabled person to compete in the Olympics and for murdering his girlfriend, is a 4th cousin of Prince Phillip (Queen Elizabeth’s husband). While he is very far into the line of succession, he can never be King of Britain. A little known law that was enacted in the 19th century prohibits people with no legs from being the head of the British Monarchy."

http://www.newsfactor.us/7837/secret-members-british-royal-family/

[malthaussen]

3. There is something just slightly bizarre...

... about the prosecution appealing a conviction.

-- Mal