I was really surprised by the judge Thokozile Masipa's decision against Oscar Pistorius. It tells me that our justice is not served as it should be. She proved me wrong about the notion that her judgement would be more influenced by the media since it was televised worldwide. the judge Thokozile Masipa overlooked the fact that the entire world was watching that trial.
It is patently apparent that she was just kind in her ultimate judgement without the fear of public criticism. The whole country and the world at large anticipated that she would not be sympathetic for the very fact that the trial was on the public view throughout. I am still wondering how our justice system is going to be like in the next few years if a murderer like Pistorius could walk away with guilt. This will have an impact increasing the crime rate in our country as criminals will commit crime knowing that they can walk freely.
Taking a broader look at the case, I think people need to be educated about the South Africa's law to know what it entails and to understand how our justice system works in different cases. People who just heard from the media how the incident took place will think the judge has been bribed to lessen her judgement to Oscar simply because they do not know how our the justice system works. This will lessen the value of our justice and of course eventually damage our reputation as a country globally.
I think such case and its outcome will also invite foreign criminals such as Shrein Dewani. (www.theguardian.com/shrien-dewani). He certainly chose South Africa knowing that south Africa's law can be bribed and he can walk away with guilt. furthermore, since Oscar's trial has been televised globally, international investors will lose interest to invest in our country where its justice is not served accordingly. It threatens international investors. Investors do not just look at the company's financial status but they are more attentive when it comes to the reputation of that country they are willing to invest in.
Now it seems like our justice is served to those whore are financially poor and set free extra ordinary murderers. Judges become more generous when they are having cases of high profile people such as Oscar and Jerky Selebi.
