Oscar Pistorius Trial: Final Verdict Endangers Judge Masipa? Police Protection Required After Clearing Blade Runner Of Murder

By Gracie Smith 

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Sept. 20, 2014--Judge Thozokile Masipa's final verdict for the Oscar Pistorius trial was met with shock and indignation from the general public. The reaction had been so severe that several South African legal groups have expressed concern for the female judge's safety, Daily Mail reported.

Judge Masipa, one of the first black female judges in South Africa, was placed under police protection due to a "wave of criticism" that she has been receiving after acquitting Pistorius from premeditated murder.

The Blade Runner was found guilty of culpable homicide despite the prosecution's claim that he killed his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in cold blood.

The 66-year-old judge deemed the Paralympian gold medallist "negligent" when he "hastily" fired shots at the bathroom door on Valentines' Day last year, thinking that it was an intruder and not his girlfriend.

Hmm...guess he'll "walk."