indication that the strength with which they came out of the gate at the bail hearing was actually a strategic ploy. the judge also cautioned the media during the hearing, saying it could lead to attempt of court. this picture was shown on a south african website and she warned the police to take these leaks seriously. the next court date is set for august 19, today he is expected to plead to the charges. august 19th the day she would have celebrated her 30th birthday. digging deeper with jeffrey toobin, the contributing editor who writes about the case of especially the defendant, and the current issue of the magazine he paints a dark picture. the inside look at parts supreme court, it is just out in paperback jeff, is this delayed to give . the prosecution more time to investigate. is this a signal the prosecution doesn t have a strong case
investigate. is this a signal the prosecution doesn t have a strong case sneer. not necessarily. there is a big piece of evidence that is not yet publicly available. so we don t know about, which is the ballistics evidence. what angle were the shots fired? how close was pistorius to his victim? did the shots go through the door or were they directly into her body? those questions are going to be enormously important. they re complicated. they re difficult to discern from the evidence. that s the evidence the government needs to get together and the timing doesn t matter as much as actually getting the evidence. mark, you ve spent time reporting on this. what s your sense of the prosecution s case and the way the police have been investigating? well, you know, the first officer was taken off of the case. and, you know, he felt it was an open and closed case that he shot her. that s it. and now, you know, seems to be