After the carpet coverage of the trial of Oscar Pistorius in the media – you do have to wonder why – it is hard to imagine that anyone doesn’t have an opinion on whether he’s guilty or not.
My opinion is that despite the level of coverage, we have not heard enough information to have a sensible opinion. Those in the trial are getting a lot more information than we get (thankfully!), and hopefully they will have enough information to make a properly informed decision.
If Oscar’s story about how he killed Reeva is true then he is guilty. Guilty of stupidity. Of course we don’t lock up people for being stupid, so it’ll have to be manslaughter or unlawful killing, or something. And when you come down to it, being found guilty and then being punished for something will be good for Oscar psychologically if he’s a normal human.
Because when you come down to it, picking up a firearm and shooting blind at an unknown person through a door is not a sensible act. He may have thought he was shooting someone who had broken in, but he should have made sure.