Why the State Got Its Pistorius Prosecution Strategy Wrong

Why the State Got Its Pistorius Prosecution Strategy Wrong While the Oscar Pistorius trial didn't grab my attention, the judgment did, because to be honest I could not see how the judge could come to the conclusion she did based on the proper application of the law to the facts as she had found them, as I wrote about at the time. I was pleased then to hear this morning when I woke up that the State's appeal against the not guilty murder verdict had been allowed. The basis of the appeal was that Judge Masipa had erred in applying the principle of dolus eventualis - the very point that had troubled me about her judgment.