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South Africa: 'They Don't Teach It in Law School' - White Privilege and Oscar Pistorius
SACSIS, 11 November 2014
Notwithstanding the violent and aggressive behaviour he exhibited in his personal life, the product of a historically heavily subsidised racial group in South Africa, Oscar… Read more »
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South Africa: Pistorius Appeal - Clarity, Eventualis?
Daily Maverick, 5 November 2014
In court papers filed at the North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday, the state prosecutors have made it clear just how unhappy they were with the findings of Judge Thokozile Masipa in… Read more »
South Africa: What Next for Oscar Pistorius?
Did the Paralympic champion's white privilege save him from a harsher sentence? The State's decision to appeal the case will cast his future into further doubt, though it is expected to bring more clarity on South African law.
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NPA spokesman Nathi Mncube has said that the State filed an application for leave to appeal the conviction and sentence of Oscar Pistorius for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva ... Read more »
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Legal experts described the sentence imposed on Oscar Pistorius by Judge Masipa as balanced while Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has said that the Paralympic champion's ... Read more »
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Judge Thokozile Masipa has sentenced Paralympic icon Oscar Pistorius to five years' imprisonment for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Read more »
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Judge Thokozile Masipa has acquitted Oscar Pistorius of murdering his girlfriend but convicted him of culpable homicide, saying he acted negligently when he fired through a toilet ... Read more »
