incredible. there s a lot we don t know. in south african law, they list the witnesses. there are almost 100 witnesses listed. i m not sure they will call all of those people at trial, but that suggests that the prosecution has a full story to tell. and i still think it s a very difficult claim for the defense for pistorius that he took all these shots just on the off chance there was some intruder in his house without knowing anything more. also, kelly, the whole notion that he thought she was still in the bed, that he would have gotten out of bed without even looking to see if this woman is still sleeping next to him when he thinks there s an intruder in the house, that seems hard to imagine. i actually take a slightly different view on this in the sense from a cultural perspective in south africa. cases similar to the events that pistorius is putting forward
if neighbors heard a woman screaming before the shooting that contradicts his story? and that s a new claim in the indictment. obviously we ll see whether they can back that up. but if they can, then i m not sure if it s such an uphill claim. also, remember, he did shoot repeatedly behind a closed door. what they did is a lesser included offense. the idea of recklessly shooting anyone behind a door is criminal behavior and that s what they are trying to do is essentially cover their basis. all along though, jeff, you ve said his story is beyond belief? i think his story is pretty incredible. there s a lot we don t know. in south african law, they list the witnesses. there are almost 100 witnesses listed. i m not sure they will call all of those people at trial. but that suggests that the prosecution has a full story to
first, that would certainly if neighbors heard a woman screaming before the shooting that contradicts his story? and that s a new claim in the indictment. obviously we ll see whether they can back that up. but if they can, then i m not sure if it s such an uphill claim. also, remember, he did shoot repeatedly behind a closed door. what they did is a lesser included offense. the idea of recklessly shooting anyone behind a door is criminal behavior and that s what they are trying to do is essentially cover their bases. all along though, jeff, you ve said his story is beyond belief? i think his story is pretty incredible. there s a lot we don t know. in south african law, they list the witnesses. there are almost 100 witnesses listed. i m not sure they will call all of those people at trial, but that suggests that the prosecution has a full story to
now he admits that he killed her but says it was an accident. cnn has more live from pretoria, south africa. among the crush of journalists covering the story, robin, the significance of today because we already knew he d be facing the charges, what did today mean in south african law, robin? reporter: well, besides that circus which i think is going to continue throughout this trial, there s intense, you know, media and public interest. and of course the oscar pistorius drama. what was very key about today was that essentially the state s case was laid out. what is really important is that they decided to stick with that charge of premeditated and planned murder. now that comes with a basic sentence of 25 years. that s life under south african law. now, is there enough evidence, enough forensic evidence to back that up? are they pushing their luck? listen to what a legal analyst told me.
because they do play huge into that. keep on it, and thank you for digging into the south african law. i know it s a tricky business. jean, thank you for that. a couple of other big stories to bring you up to speed on. former egyptian president hosni mubarak scored a legal victory this morning. a court in cairo acquitted him in connection to charges of squandering public money. you ll remember that mubarak stepped down after the egyptian uprising. that was the one in 2012. he is still scheduled, however, to nice trial over the alleged role of the death of some protesters. that could be far more serious for the former president. here in the united states, 1,200 firefighters in idaho trying to get a handle on a massive wildfire before it gets any bigger. look at the pictures. swallowing a mountain. the beaver creek wildfire has burned one home and scorched more than 100,000 acres. firefighters say it did slow down over the weekend.