she would change the terms of his release, that he might say, all right, you re going to wait for your trial in jail since you can t follow the rules of this court. was that a reasonable expectation or was this a more likely outcome, what we saw today? no, i think that s a reasonable expectation. she has been infinitely patient. rachel, for more context, if you recall, and i know you do, one of the things that stone is charged with is witness tampering. he told a witness to prepare to die. that alone could be enough, should be enough, often would be enough to get someone, you know, detained pending trial. why do you think the judge is erring in the side of sort of leniency? it was striking that the prosecutors in this case today didn t explicitly asked judge to confine to confine stone. they didn t ask for any punishment whatsoever. they simply seemed to be directing the judge to further restrict his speech. it may have been that the government expected that she would after thr
no, i think that s a reasonable expectation. she has been infinitely patient. and rachel, for more context, if you recall, and i know you do, one of the things that stone is charged with is witness tampering. in count 7 of his underlying indictment he told a witness to prepare to die. that alone could be enough, should be enough, often would be enough to get someone, you know, detained pending trial. why do you think the judge is erring on the side of sort of leniency? i mean, it was striking that the prosecutors in this case today didn t explicitly asked the judge to confine to confine stone. they didn t ask for any punishment whatsoever. they simply seemed to be directing the judge to further restrict his speech. it may have been that the government expected that she would after three strikes revoke his bond and put him in jail. what i think the judge is doing, however, is a little bit different. she s playing a long game. she has been incredibly patient but she s also wise.
tell me what happened. reporter: well, this is what happened on this, the third day of bond hearing. now a fourth day and expecting a decision tomorrow or perhaps on monday. today we did hear the closing arguments in this case, though. firstly from oscar pistorius s defense team saying there was no evidence that this was a preplanned killing and they said that the fact that oscar had tried to carry the girlfriend down the stairs out of the home showed that he was trying to save her life but then the prosecution retaliated. they said that this is a violent man, he has a history of violence. they said he had threatened the friends in the past with breaking their legs and they said that he shouldn t be granted bail simply because he s famous. but perhaps the greatest twist of this case today didn t even happen here inside the courthouse.