Tag: Oscar Pistorius
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Pistorius at home after leaving South African jail on parole
Former track star Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on parole, South Africa’s Department of Corrections said on Friday.
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Pretoria residents react as Pistorius parole fails
South African former professional sprinter and convicted murderer, Oscar Pistorius, has been denied parole and will continue to serve his sentence. Pistorius, who was denied parole on Friday (Mar. 31) would have to wait until a new parole hearing next year. He had been sentenced in 2017 to 13 years in prison for the 2013…
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PAROLE: S.Africa’s Pistorius closes up on gaining freedom in girlfriend’s murder
South African Paralympic champion, Oscar Pistorius, might be released from prison this week, a decade after he killed his girlfriend in a crime that gripped the world. A parole board is to decide whether Pistorius should be let out early, after a hearing in Pretoria on Friday. “The board must determine whether the purpose of…
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South Africa’s paralympic, Pistorius seeks sentence reduction
Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius has appealed to South Africa’s highest court to cut the sentence he got for murdering his girlfriend, legal documents showed on Tuesday. Pistorius was jailed for six years for shooting dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but prosecutors have argued that the sentence was “shockingly lenient”. An appeals court agreed last month…