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A news report by Denise Ni She (A Pistorian)
http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/Oscar-Pistorius-A-Case-of-Non-Preferential-Treatment-20151029
A sad feature of South African society is the high instances of people being killed or seriously injured during home invasions. It is therefore not surprising that there are incidents of intruders killed and sadly also family members killed mistaken for intruders. However the impression created by the State and media is such instances must be rare and that Oscar was somehow unique in both believing there was an intruder and fearing an intruder. What is also unique in this case is how, at each step, Oscar is apparently viewed and treated differently to other similar cases and certainly has not been given anything that could be considered preferential treatment. The media have taken every opportunity to argue erroneously that he is somehow privileged that the verdict, judgment, his incarceration in the hospital section of the prison, his release to house arrest was further evidence of his preferential treatment...........
http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/Oscar-Pistorius-A-Case-of-Non-Preferential-Treatment-20151029
A sad feature of South African society is the high instances of people being killed or seriously injured during home invasions. It is therefore not surprising that there are incidents of intruders killed and sadly also family members killed mistaken for intruders. However the impression created by the State and media is such instances must be rare and that Oscar was somehow unique in both believing there was an intruder and fearing an intruder. What is also unique in this case is how, at each step, Oscar is apparently viewed and treated differently to other similar cases and certainly has not been given anything that could be considered preferential treatment. The media have taken every opportunity to argue erroneously that he is somehow privileged that the verdict, judgment, his incarceration in the hospital section of the prison, his release to house arrest was further evidence of his preferential treatment...........