Yes, at this point, I am well aware at the amount of time needed for a crime to count as premeditated. But it doesn't always mean it is a premeditated crime. That's why we have crime of passion charges. Sometimes people do fire without thinking. They do it and realize they shouldn't have done it. I'm on the fence about this but I really doubt he thought, "I'm mad, I'm gonna kill this *****!" I think his remorse is genuine.
We've seen enough sociopaths on trial to know what it looks like when someone is trying to fake emotions and sincerity. It's always obvious because we are human and we know what human behaviors should look like. I find his sorrow genuine, accident or not, and sincere sincere. Either that, or he's just the best actor ever. One could argue that it's just him crying for himself and his career. I think it's easy to turn someone into an all out villain with evil and selfish intentions with zero though for thought for others. Maybe things aren't that black and white. I have no doubt his career and the end of admiration is weighing on him. I think that's only natural. But to think his thoughts aren't with his dead girlfriend in any capacity is too easy.
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I really have to disagree strongly with the bolded points.
We are talking about firing bullets that end lives. It's not like an "oops" type of scenario here.
An accidental shooting is one where a finger slips and you never had any intention of even touching that trigger. I don't think this could be considered an accident or a crime of passion.
He freely admits that he:
1. Went to where his gun was supposedly hidden to get it.
2. It obviously was loaded (which means he has already come to terms with possibly needing to use it someday)
3. He walked down a hallway, was supposedly yelling to Reeva to call the police, which means he anticipated problems of some sort.
4. He looked at the door and clearly
aimed at it because he hit his target pretty darn well.
No that is not an accident. And I don't give a rat's you know what if he feels bad about it. He doesn't get to say "oops" I didn't mean to do that. The thought that we would even try to justify that scares the crap out of me. He is an adult who need to take responsibility for his actions.
Whether this was premeditated or not... he willingly ended a human life and based on his bail statement doesn't think that he needs to take any responsibility for it. He can't possibly imagine why he's being charged with murder. That is the most insensitive, insincere load of BS that somebody could possibly write in their statement considering he just darn near blew his girlfriend's head off.
Now, as far as his emotions are concerned in court, I have no clue what is sincere and what isn't. People are far too complex to really know. He's probably crying for 100 different reasons.
If emotions and reactions shouldn't be a judge of somebody's guilt... then they shouldn't be a judge of somebody's innocence either. Just food for thought.