came on what would have been reeva steenkamp s 30th birthday. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. if convicted of the charges filed today, pistorius faces a mandatory life sentence. kelly, you say the prosecution is being too aggressive. how so? well, they keep saying this charge of premeditated murder and they ve taken that line from the very beginning of bail and from bail right up until now it doesn t seem to be any significant evidence that would support that version of events. jeff, do you think it s an uphill climb for the prosecution? it s hard to know. the piece of information that we had not had before is the government s claim and it s only a claim at this point that there was evidence of an argument first. because that would be very significant, if they could prove that there was an argument first, that would certainly
i would like to be face-to-face with him and forgive him. you would forgive him, mike? yeah. reporter: whether this was a tragic accident or whatever the outcome, i feel, my belief and if christ could forgive when he died on that cross, why can t i? reporter: the trial is now scheduled to begin next march. the formal accusation of premeditated murder filed today came on what would have been reeva steenkamp s 30th birthday. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. if convicted of the charges filed today, pistorius faces a mandatory life sentence. kelly, you say the prosecution is being too aggressive. how so?
tragic accident or whatever the outcome, i feel, my belief and if christ could forgive when he died on that cross, why can t i? reporter: the trial is now scheduled to begin next march. the formal accusation of premeditated murder filed today came on what would have been reeva steenkamp s 30th birthday. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. if convicted of the charges filed today, pistorius faces a mandatory life sentence. let s dig deeper now. kelly, you say the prosecution is being too aggressive. how so? well, they keep pursuing this charge of premeditated murder and they ve taken that line from the very beginning of bail and from bail right up until now it doesn t seem to be any significant evidence that would
came on what would have been reeva steenkamp s 30th birthday. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. if convicted of the charges filed today, pistorius faces a mandatory life sentence. kelly, you say the prosecution is being too aggressive. how so? well, they keep pursuing this charge of premeditated murder and they ve taken that line from the very beginning of bail and from bail right up until now it doesn t seem to be any significant evidence that would support that version of events. jeff, do you think it s an uphill climb for the prosecution? it s hard to know. the piece of information that we had not had before is the government s claim and it s only a claim at this point that there was evidence of an argument first. because that would be very significant, if they could prove that there was an argument
thank you both, to be continued. i appreciate it. pleasure. highly emotional court appearance for oscar business torious, olympic runner, he was formally indicted for the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he was shown crying and holding hands with his brother and sister. he is accused his girlfriend through a bathroom door and it would have been today steenkamp s 30th birthday and pa torious is scheduled to go on trial. play close.