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Signs of strong evidence against Oscar Pistorius?

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    Olympic star charged with girlfriend's murder

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Are much joining us now the new chair of the international bar association's.

Criminal law committee made strictly -- -- good to see -- police took him into custody immediately prosecutors want no bail what does that tell.

Those are two very compelling points that show immediately if there's some strong evidence here that none of us know about yet.

That shows that there's enough that kind of leads to.

This person being the one that being the hot with -- -- -- this happened we have four shots.

What also hurts his yes his guns and navy was it triggered a wild weather for a gunshot wounds okay that's what makes it look bad that in the immediate arrest.

And now prosecutors saying we're gonna -- bond.

That sounds like.

There is -- first they -- going.

There -- and -- neighbors allegedly heard screams before shots were fired and there's apparently a history of domestic related calls to the home police had to show op.

Normally that would not be admissible in a US court of law unless you can show a pattern of conduct its relevant to the shooting right.

Yes -- cracks in three states in the states and it's called similar transactions those that's the term of art.

And what that is diseases similar -- of content just like you set prior domestic incidents where there was anger involved in the -- alcohol involved.

And then they're now we're hearing -- yelling here and alcohol perhaps involved here.

-- them equal similar conduct it very well may come in South Africa also.

And the forensics of this is important if -- distance was close and you can determine that from residue -- state plane on the body of the victim.

That's not good for the story -- if he was close -- right.

That's absolutely correct and that's when we have a trial if this were to go to -- you know a battle of forensic experts and it's fascinating.

To see.

Why they are able let's -- and by the fact that he win the -- -- early on they haven't gotten his fingerprints they've gotten his it underneath his fingernails of both the victim and him.

And all of that will be analyzed.

I'll lots that now look there's word that he mistook -- for an intruder.

In the United States under those circumstances you could possibly argue was called imperfect self defense and honest but mistaken belief.

That your life is in imminent danger -- wonder if that would be admissible in usable.

In that country.

It is it is not understand South Africa has a large amount high crime a lot of people have legal gun ownership in South Africa.

And like the United States you can.

Use the gun if you think -- coming in and your life is threatened so it is is a self defense it's called affirmative defense even in a humorous statement about.

-- -- -- -- Exactly exactly I think what -- here is we have four shots now understated yours you're scared about -- -- being and you might -- once and then ball.

Four shots is what hurts here what is that forty shots connecting.

Is the heat of passion.

That would make it down to second degree if there is heat of passion in other words they're angry they're fighting it he's so upset anger there's no intent no intent -- That -- lowered down same type of laws that we have here all right.

Mixed record good to see you thanks so much.

Thank you.

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