To compensate, judges began making many decisions "on the record, " which means they grant benefits to applicants without meeting them, hearingtestimonyor asking questions, according to several judges.
He said the former chief investigator in the case, Hilton Botha, had made "several errors and concessions" in his testimony at the bail hearing, and said prosecutors had failed to prove that Pistorius was a flight risk or had a propensity toward violence.