[latina4dubya]

whether he will spend the next 25 years behind bars.

25 years??? that's it? sheesh...

[spetznaz]

25 days in a South African prison is a death sentence. That's enough time for some to be repeatedly raped by any one of the various 'Numbers' gangs that exist in South African prisons, and I'm certain the 28s (for example) are already waiting for him. He'd be raped by people who harbor a whole host of various pathogens, and 25 days alone are sufficient to ensure it is a death sentence.

25 years, on the other hand, would be tantamount to taking a slug from a vat of brine (25 days) to dropping it in the middle of the Pacific (25 years).

If Pistorious is convicted his goose is literally cooked.

[BunnySlippers]

I didn’t know until today that most European nations limit a life sentence for murder to 25 years.

And we already know Europeans are screwed up.