Apparently, the prosecution in the Oscar Pistorius hasn't been beaten enough.
Multiple media outlets are reporting that Oscar Pistorius' accusers will appeal the verdict and the sentence in his trial for the killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day, 2013.
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Judge Thokozile Masipa handed down a culpable homicide verdict against the double-amputee sprinter in September for shooting Steenkamp four times through the bathroom door next to their bedroom in their Pretoria, South Africa home.
She then gave Pistorius a five-year prison sentence, which could be reduced to as little as 10 month for good behavior. How prosecutors failed to get a murder conviction on the man who lied on the witness stand and who never fully explained how ensuring Steenkamp's whereabouts or safety wasn't foremost in his mind before firing into the bathroom.
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Prosecutor Gerrie Nel is arguing that Masipa "misinterpreted a complex South African standard defining a technical form of intent that proved to be a central aspect of the case," CNN.com reported, citing information from CNN legal analyst Kelly Phelps.
Because of Masipa's misinterpretation, Pistorius should not have received a culpable homicide conviction.
In terms of the sentencing, Kelly said that the prosecution has to prove that the five years Masipa handed to Pistorius is "shockingly inappropriate" for sentencing guidelines and compared to similar cases, Phelps said.
During the trial, prosecutors failed to bring up Pistorius' phone call to an ex-lover the night before he shot Steenkamp, failed to prosecute Pistorius' brother, whom they suspected erased information on Pistorius' phone and computer.
They never discovered that Steenkamp flushed the toilet just before Pistorius shot her, which isn't exactly what a suspected intruder hiding in a bathroom would do.
Steenkamp's mother insists Steenkamp's clothes were packed, but if they were, prosecutors failed to discover a bag or fingerprints of Pistorius on Steenkamp's suitcases.
And now they think they can overturn either the charge or the sentence.
Appeals courts in South Africa are reluctant to get involved in sentencing decisions, Phelps said.
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