“I come to the conclusion that the accused has made a case to be released on bail,” magistrate Desmond Nair said at the end of a near two-hour summing up, praising Pistorius for having offered a detailed affidavit which “reached out to meet the state’s case”.
Meanwhile, Bradley Manning, who has never killed nor even threatened to kill anyone, is approaching the third year of his detention as he awaits trial.
“Bad Guy With A Gun” is at large:
One of the victims in a spectacular predawn shooting and crash on the Las Vegas Strip has been identified as Kenneth Cherry Jr., an aspiring rapper known as Kenny Clutch.
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“He didn’t have a [criminal] record or a history. He was just a good kid trying to make it and be a good father.” Cherry had two children, she said.
As everyone knows, 27 year old aspiring rappers drive Maseratis
A decent man that for want of a Rolex watch and other status symbol baubles will spend time in prison.
Reminds me of a story about Yitzhak Rabin. (It may be as factual as the Oscar nominated historical movies.) On seeing the man he considered his enemy, a young Palestinian boy was struck by the ordinary watch (perhaps a Timex) that Rabin was wearing. He struggled to work out how such a powerful man couldn’t afford a diamond encrusted gold watch like his leader Yasser Arafat wore.
Politicians and leaders in democracies incapable of living within their means, not sticking their hands in a cookie jar, and disrespecting the notion of public service, should find another line of work.
The other reason this diary is titled “Oscar Free” is that I have no opinion on what and who will win on Sunday. Mostly because I have yet to see most of the nominees.
