question. great reporting. thank you, robin kerr now, live for us in south africa. and you would think that race is a pretty big deal here in america, with the george zimmerman case and all. but race is a huge deal in south africa. it's the major reason why there are no jury trials in south africa. the criminal justice system there is vastly different than it is in the united states. jury trials in south africa were abolished in 1969. because under apartheid, there were some very serious worries that racial prejudice by white jurors against black defendants could manifest themselves in court. so a single judge, and as it turns out in this particular case, a black woman, who is presiding, decides the verdict and will decide the pistorius verdict. she must give clear reasons for her decision, as every other judge does there as well. in the high courts that look only at the most serious crimes, that judge gets a little help in the way of two people sitting at either side of her. they're called assessors. they're experts. they're legal or medical or some