Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail in Trial For Murder of Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (Update: Bail Set at 1 Million Rand)

All, Legal, Olympics Stephen Douglas February 22nd. 2013, 9:39am

Oscar Pistorius was released on bail this morning in South Africa. Pistorius is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. On the morning of Valentine’s Day, Pistorius says he mistook her for a burglar. While there were previous allegations of domestic violence, the magistrate decided that Pistorius was not a flight risk.

Update: Bail was set at 1,000,000 rand ($112,771). He must also surrender his guns.

Previously: Reeva Steenkamp Was Hiding Behind a Bathroom Door When Oscar Pistorius Shot Her; Report Claims Security Was Called to the House Two Hours Earlier
Previously: Oscar Pistorius Murder Case: A Bloody Cricket Bat Was Also Found at Scene
Previously: Oscar Pistorius Claims He Heard a Noise, and Without His Legs on, Moved Toward the Bathroom Door and Shot Four Times

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42 Responses to “Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail in Trial For Murder of Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (Update: Bail Set at 1 Million Rand)”

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VladimirCrouton Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Good for him.
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ButtersBC Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 9:50 AM
I’m tired of this story, hope he eats a bullet back at home
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Der Kaiser Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 9:50 AM
the magistrate decided that Pistorius was not a flight risk.
I got the giggles when I read that line.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Good for him.
Come again?
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 9:59 AM
Update: Bail was set at 1,000,000 rand ($112,771). He must also surrender his guns.
Seems like a pretty cheap deal for this dude.
I’m tired of this story, hope he eats a bullet back at home
There is a big part of me that thinks this was an accident. If that’s the case, I don’t get this sentiment. The story does seem weak, though, so perhaps he did kill her intentionally.
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Nada Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:04 AM
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Automatic weapons fire off the shoulder of my girlfriend. I’ve watched bullet casings glitter in the dark near the bathroom door. All those moments will be lost in time. Like tears in rain.
Time to die.
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YYSA Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:07 AM
There is a big part of me that thinks this was an accident. If that’s the case, I don’t get this sentiment.
I don’t know. The whole dragging himself into the bathroom armed while screaming and you’re trying to tell me that she didn’t say a word during that time to alert him that its not an intruder?
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:09 AM
I don’t know. The whole dragging himself into the bathroom armed while screaming and you’re trying to tell me that she didn’t say a word during that time to alert him that its not an intruder?
That’s the biggest part that I can’t buy. If he’s yelling and doesn’t hear a thing that just doesn’t add up. There still needs to be a motive, though.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:11 AM
There is a big part of me that thinks this was an accident.
I can’t say I’ve been following it too closely…outside of the TBL coverage…but…
“A bloody cricket bat found at the home is also identified as a central piece of evidence in the case. The first gunshot is alleged to have occurred in the bedroom, and then Steenkamp locked herself in the bathroom, where she was shot additional times.”
He’s going to need Johnny Cochrane’s corpse.
/unblock me bro
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PeerLessPrices Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:11 AM
Someone to root for, finally
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tommyp Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:12 AM
There still needs to be a motive, though.
That she maybe talked to other men? That’s all it takes for jealous boyfriends to go off the deep end…
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angry Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:12 AM
Good for him.
Come again?
Well it’s not like he’s going to run away, so why not give him bail?
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YYSA Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:12 AM
That’s the biggest part that I can’t buy. If he’s yelling and doesn’t hear a thing that just doesn’t add up. There still needs to be a motive, though.
I’d say they got in an argument, she felt threatened. locked herself in the bathroom. he tried to break down door first with the bat then got really pissed and shot through the door.
/dexter’d
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:14 AM
“A bloody cricket bat found at the home is also identified as a central piece of evidence in the case. The first gunshot is alleged to have occurred in the bedroom, and then Steenkamp locked herself in the bathroom, where she was shot additional times.”
What I always find interesting is that the prosecution’s story is always believed to be true. This is their side, and nubs has his side. I haven’t read much about this case, though, so maybe it is a slam-dunk guilty verdict.
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:16 AM
I’d say they got in an argument, she felt threatened. locked herself in the bathroom. he tried to break down door first with the bat then got really pissed and shot through the door.
Damn…like he was trying to shoot the lock off, or actually kill her? That would be fucked up. Either way a really hot, intelligent woman is dead and that sucks.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:16 AM
What I always find interesting is that the prosecution’s story is always believed to be true. This is their side, and nubs has his side. I haven’t read much about this case, though, so maybe it is a slam-dunk guilty verdict.
I was under the impression that’s in the police report.
/”nubs”…nice
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chicago Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:16 AM
Seems to me like he did this in some insane fit of rage, which is obviously terrible. But he should have gone with temporary insanity or something.
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:19 AM
Seems to me like he did this in some insane fit of rage, which is obviously terrible. But he should have gone with temporary insanity or something.
Damn. I can’t imagine ever being that mad at someone unless they hurt my child or wife.
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jck49erfan owes Watsonian $650 Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:19 AM
There still needs to be a motive, though.
She was banging some guy from the wheelchair basketball team behind his back.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:24 AM
if he goes to jail, no way they let him keep his blades. can use those to dig out or hurt a fool
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:29 AM
She was banging some guy from the wheelchair basketball team behind his back.
if he goes to jail, no way they let him keep his blades. can use those to dig out or hurt a fool
I hate the murder. The comments, though…
When he goes to stir, give him obsolete prosthetics. That’ll teach him.
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NinoBrown Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:29 AM
That’s the biggest part that I can’t buy. If he’s yelling and doesn’t hear a thing that just doesn’t add up. There still needs to be a motive, though.
Biggest thing for me is he reached under the bed to get gun, got up, but didnt notice she wasnt in the bed.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:30 AM
Is he not a flight rick because they are taking his prostetics?
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ButtersBC Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:33 AM
Damn. I can’t imagine ever being that mad at someone
Spoken like someone who didn’t watch Darren Sharper play 27 yards deep on 4th-and-26
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NinoBrown Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:33 AM
if he goes to jail, no way they let him keep his blades. can use those to dig out or hurt a fool
After he digs out, he will leave a stash of money for his best friend in jail, then when Red gets out, he will join Nubs in Mexico.
/laughed at “nubs”
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:34 AM
Spoken like someone who didn’t watch Darren Sharper play 27 yards deep on 4th-and-26
LOLz.
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arkbadger Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:34 AM
Biggest thing for me is he reached under the bed to get gun, got up, but didnt notice she wasnt in the bed.
not even that, according to him the gun was under the pillow, not the bed, so he was literally a couple feet from where she should have been sleeping.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:35 AM
Has anyone made a witty crack about his flight risk status relating to his prosthetic legs yet? No? I feel like someone should have made a witty crack about his flight risk status relating to his prosthetic legs.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:36 AM
so he was literally a couple feet from where she should have been sleeping.
Not true. He could’ve had a really big bed like Jack Black in Envy
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:37 AM
not even that, according to him the gun was under the pillow, not the bed, so he was literally a couple feet from where she should have been sleeping.
If you wake up in the dead of night and panic thinking someone is in your house, I can assume you’re not going to be completely lucid. But yelling at the person you think is robbing you and never hearing your gf say, “hey, fuckface…I’m on the toilet,” seems too hard to believe.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:41 AM
Like I said before, this guy will spend less time in prison than Nelson Mandela.
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NinoBrown Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:42 AM
If you wake up in the dead of night and panic thinking someone is in your house, I can assume you’re not going to be completely lucid.
I have woke up in the middle of the night thinking someone was in the house before, turns out it was my wife in the kitchen, and I clearly noticed she wasnt in the bed….before I jumped out the bedroom blasting away like the Jerry Seinfeld guy in the bathroom in Pulp Fiction.
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NinoBrown Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Diplomatic Immunity!!
/Pistorus’ defense
//Only other South African I could think of (besides Mandela)
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captain_spalding Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Flight risk no, swim risk yes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqAbjHKO5jM
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:50 AM
I wonder if TBL has seen this regarding ratings:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nielsen-agrees-expand-definition-tv-422795
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:05 AM
I wonder if TBL has seen this regarding ratings:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nielsen-agrees-expand-definition-tv-422795
why you gotta encourage him? i read ratings posts even less than regular ones
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Dawgfather Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Does anyone think he is actually gonna get convicted. This already smells of a botched trial that is gonna continue to get sensationalized and that almost certainly means he walks.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:11 AM
that almost certainly means he walks.
this type of cleverness has legs
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:12 AM
that almost certainly means he walks.
this type of cleverness has legs
Run that baby!
/Milo Bloom’d
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SportsIndustrialComplex Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:18 AM
(Update: Bail Set at 1 Million Rand)
Paul Ryan cums
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Nada Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:28 AM
/Milo Bloom’d
I miss Steve Dallas.
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orly57 Says:
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Defense attorney: “Risk of flight judge??? Shit, ther’s no risk of walk!”
Judge: “that makes sense. Surrender passport and blades. Bond set a million raynds.”