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>> WE'VE GOT IF SEAT WARMED UP
HERE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
SHE SAID THE SCENE HAS BEEN SET
REALLY BY WAY OF THE EYE AND
EARWITNESSES, BUT THE FORENSIC
EVIDENCE, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO
HELP DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WAS
INTENT HERE OR NOT.
RICHARD, WHEN YOU HEARD HER
TALKING ABOUT THE CRICKET BAT
USED TO DAMAGE THE DOOR
POTENTIALLY AND THEN THERE ARE
GUN SHOTS THAT HAVE PIERCED THE
DOOR, WHAT WILL FORENSICS TELL
US ABOUT?
WHAT CAME FIRST AND THE
DIRECTION IN WHICH THEY CAME,
WHETHER HE DID INDEED HAVE
PROSTHETICS ON OR NOT.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT THE
FORENSICS ARE REALLY GOING TO BE
ABLE TO ANSWER ALL THOSE
QUESTIONS.
>> REALLY?
WHY NOT?
>> I JUST DON'T THINK SCIENCE IS
STRONG ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU THOSE
PRECISE ANSWERS.
>> IS IT IMPORTANT?
>> WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH
IS WAS THIS A PREMEDITATED,
INTENTIONAL KILLING.
WHEN SHE LOCKED HERSELF IN THE
BATHROOM AND THEY'RE GOING TO
CONTEND SHE DID THAT TO PROTECT
HERSELF FROM HIM, THEN FOUR
SHOTS GOING THROUGH THE BATHROOM
AND HE KILLS HER.
THAT'S THE POSITION OF THE
PROSECUTION, BUT THE DEFENSE
HERE IS PAINTING A PICTURE OF A
DIFFERENT STORY LIKE DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS --
>> PARANOID.
THAT'S WHY HE HAD THE GUN --
>> CRIME IN SOUTH AFRICA IS
ENORMOUS.
HIS HOUSE HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO
BEFORE.
HE'S LAYING IN BED WITH NO LEGS.
CAN'T PROTECT HIMSELF.
45 PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
THE VIOLENCE IS INCONCEIVABLE TO
US.
HE HAD A LICENSED HANDGUN AND HE
THOUGHT HE WAS --
>> YEAH, MORE THAN THAT.
>> DOESN'T HE CHECK TO SEE IF
SHE'S THERE?
>> MUCH MORE TO IT THAN THIS.
>> I DO.
SAMANTHA TAYLOR, OSCAR
PISTORIUS' FORMER GIRLFRIEND,
TESTIFIED.
BARRY RUS IS SORT OF THE JOHNNY
COCHRAN OF DEFENSE LAWYERS
THERE, TALKED ABOUT OSCAR HAVING
THE VOICE OF A GIRL, A WOMAN.
LIKE A MOUSE OR SOMETHING.
WHAT SHE TESTIFIED TO ABOUT WAS
THAT HE HAS A MALE SCREAM.
WHATEVER THE HECK THAT IS, BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT TAYLOR
TESTIFIED TO AND I THINK IT'S
BEEN A POWERFUL PART OF THE
FIRST WEEK, IS THAT TRA TORIA IS
FRAUGHT WITH CRIME.
THERE HAVE BEEN BREAK INS THERE.
HE'S HAD TO PULL A GUN TO CHASE
INTRUDERS IN THE PAST AND THAT'S
A VERY POWERFUL PART OF THE
DEFENSE.
WHAT THE DEFENSE LAWYER HAS BEEN
DOING IS CAREFULLY ADVANCING
THAT ARGUMENT THAT WAS
UNDERSTANDABLE WHAT HAPPENED
THAT NIGHT, THAT VALENTINE'S
NIGHT AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE
GOING.
I THINK THAT THE FORENSICS
COMING UP WILL BE IMPORTANT TO
SHOW THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT THE
DEFENSE IS TRYING TO SHOW HERE.
REMEMBER, THE BURDEN IS ON THE
PROSECUTION AND THERE'S NO JURY.
IT'S JUDGE, ASSESS SORS AND
THAT'S IT.
NO JURY.
>> THE PROSECUTION WILL ALSO TRY
TO ESTABLISH THAT A LIGHT WAS ON
AND IF THE LIGHT WAS ON, THAT
SENDS A VERY DIFFERENT MESSAGE
OF VISIBLY BEING ABLE TO SEE
WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAT
VERSUS IF THE LIGHT WAS OFF AND
HE WAS DISORIENTED AND AFRAID
THERE WAS AN INTRUDER.
>> THAT ISSUE'S NOT GOING TO
SWING A DAY HERE.