The High Court in Pretoria showed “too much mercy” to Oscar Pistorius in sentencing him to five years for shooting dead Reeva Steenkamp, the State argued on Tuesday. “I say with utmost respect, too much mercy is shown,” prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued in the State’s application for leave to appeal[…]
The State’s application for leave to appeal paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius’ sentence and conviction is expected to be heard in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday. Tuesday would mark Pistorius’ 49th day at the Kgosi Mampuru II prison since being sentenced to five years in jail by Judge Thokozile[…]
Lawyers for paralympian Oscar Pistorius have filed papers opposing the State’s application to appeal his culpable homicide conviction and sentence. One of Pistorius’s lawyers Brian Webber confirmed this on Friday but declined to say on what grounds the appeal would be opposed. “The grounds are contained in the documents,” he[…]
The State will appeal paralympiian Oscar Pistorius’s conviction of culpable homicide and the sentence he received, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Monday. “The appeal on conviction is based on the question of law,” spokesman Nathi Mncube said in a statement. “The merits and the demerits of the NPA’s[…]
The National Prosecuting Authority on Sunday denied a report that the appeal against Oscar Pistorius’s conviction and sentence will start next month. “It is not true,” spokesman Nathi Mncube said in an sms. He denied a Sunday Times report that State prosecutor Gerrie Nel would discuss the matter with National[…]
The ANC Women’s League will make submissions to the State on why it thinks the Oscar Pistorius case should be appealed, it said on Tuesday. “Regardless of what the outcome of the sentencing is today, the ANC Women’s League remains dissatisfied with the verdict delivered by Judge Masipa finding Mr[…]
The shocking case of Pakistani Neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui has taken another bizarre twist, after the judge overseeing her final appeal for the attempted murder of FBI agents in Afghanistan, ordered a closure to the case. District Judge Richard Berman, alleged that Siddiqui had requested an immediate end to her[…]
Jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste will lodge an appeal against the conviction and seven-year sentence handed down by an Egyptian court, his family said Friday. Greste and two Al-Jazeera colleagues — Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed — were jailed last month for defaming Egypt and aiding the[…]
The South African National Zakah Fund (SANZAF) has been inundated with requests from community members on how they can help the people of Gaza. The organisation has now launched a Gaza appeal to assist Palestinians suffering under Israel siege. Muslims can now not only pay their Zakah to but they[…]
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