Special Reports
Oscar: Numerous challenges in deciding sentence─── SABRINA DEAN 17:49 Tue, 21 Oct 2014
Pretoria - Judge Thokozila Masipa had to consider factors ranging from the purpose of punishment and the needs of society, to the specific circumstances of the convict in handing down an appropriate sentence for Oscar Pistorius. Not least among these was whether or not South Africa’s prisons are equipped to cater to someone with Pistorius’ type of disability. OFM News senior journalist Sabrina Dean filed this report.