Pistorius' release shows 'lenient' justice system -activist

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00:00 we feel like that in itself was already lenient.

00:02 That was already lenient.

00:04 Those 13 years was lenient enough,

00:06 because we're talking about somebody's life

00:08 that's been taken.

00:09 So that was lenient enough,

00:10 but the fact that someone else can,

00:12 someone can walk up free eight months,

00:15 eight years later, my apologies, eight years later,

00:18 it tells us that it's not that big of a deal.

00:21 Like Rima's mom said, the life sentence is on her loved ones,

00:24 so on herself as her mother and their loved ones.

00:27 So I think it's high time in this country

00:29 that we stop making predators feel like

00:32 this is the safe haven.

00:33 South Africa is the place to be as a predator,

00:35 because it's definitely not the place to be

00:38 as a victim or a survivor.