udge Thokozile Masipa who earlier cleared Oscar Pistorius of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp after a hearing that has lasted several days will deliver her verdict on Tuesday for culpable homicide, or negligent killing, as well as one weapons-related charge.
Both his Defense lawyer and the Prosecution had painted opposing pictures of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius in their final arguments Friday before his sentencing — one side depicting him as a broken man who’s suffered enough, while the other said he must pay for taking his girlfriend’s life.
Pistorius’ sentence — whether imprisonment or not — will be decided by Judge Thokozile Masipa, who also presided over his trial.
The judge’s court clerk told CNN
that the sentence was expected to be handed down Tuesday
that the sentence was expected to be handed down Tuesday
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