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Oscar Pistorius to Be Released After One Year in Jail
New York Post ^
| October 15, 2015
Posted on 10/15/2015 9:42:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic runner who shot his girlfriend to death on Valentine’s Day 2013, can leave prison and move to house arrest next week, South Africa’s Department of Corrections said Thursday.
A parole board at the prison where Pistorius has served nearly a year of his five-year sentence for manslaughter made the decision. It came after an initial ruling to release the athlete in August was canceled at the last minute after intervention by the justice minister.
This time, the board “approved the placement of offender Oscar Pistorius under correctional supervision as from 20 October 2015,” the corrections department said in a statement following the meeting of the parole board earlier Thursday.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: murder; olympics; oscarpistorius; southafrica
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One year? That's not a lot for murder.
To: nickcarraway
At least he will have a chance to get back on his feet!
To: nickcarraway
Doesn’t sound like s, Africa has a double jeopardy prohibition. He was acquitted and they’re trying him again.
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posted on
10/15/2015 9:50:06 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Frank_2001
He’ll just have a leg up on the next phase in his life.
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posted on
10/15/2015 9:50:20 PM PDT
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Crazy Cracker Son-of-a-Bitch!)
To: The Iceman Cometh
Here’s what happened: He was very sensitive about his artificial legs. He worked up the courage to show her one, and she tried to break it off.
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posted on
10/15/2015 9:53:09 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: nickcarraway
It’s not like he’s an escape risk — he can’t get far on foot.
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posted on
10/15/2015 9:54:17 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: The Iceman Cometh
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posted on
10/15/2015 9:54:19 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/15/2015 9:57:59 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: nickcarraway
He shot to kill someone whether he knew it was his girlfriend or not.
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posted on
10/15/2015 9:59:59 PM PDT
by
erlayman
To: dayglored
It’s not like he’s an escape risk — he can’t get far on foot. He won't be running for the border, that's for sure....
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:00:47 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: nickcarraway
Wasn’t he put in jail like last week lol!!!
I could believe it when i read it.
He killed her in a fit of rage. The other stuff is nonsense.
Now you know where to move if you want to experience manslaughter. BAD Precedent.
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:01:29 PM PDT
by
dp0622
To: The Iceman Cometh
He’ll just have a leg up on the next phase in his life. That's gonna be a step by step process. As simple as putting one foot in front of the other!
(I get a DOUBLE for that one!)
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:02:09 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: nickcarraway
Definitely would have been Murder II in the US. His “explanation” was one of the lamest I’ve ever heard.
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:07:23 PM PDT
by
luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: Frank_2001
At least he will have a chance to get back on his feet! And I always assumed he didn't have a leg to stand on.
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:08:25 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Sanders/Cruz in 2016!)
To: nickcarraway
Anyway, that defense might work.
Or ... she had a fake eye, terrible thing, lost it skeet hunting, OK?
And of course Oscar is Long John Silver, squared.
So on the day in question they squabble. He apologized, asked her to forgive him.
She suggests they hop in the sack for some make-up sex.
All right?
She says, “Would you like that?”
And he blurts out, “Wouldn’t I!”
OK?
So she’s hurt and angry, and yells at him, “Peg leg!”
And he whips out a Luger and shoots her.
Heat of the moment. There it is.
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:11:46 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: tumblindice
Kinda like the joke my late daddy used to tell: A guy with a wood eye goes into a bar and orders a drink. After a fashion, he looks down the bar and sees a fairly attractive girl sitting there, nursing a drink, but she has a pronounced cleft palate. He screws up his courage, walks down, and asks, "Excuse me, I noticed you were alone. Would you like to dance?" She brightens up and says, "Would I?
Would I?" He barks back in anger, "Hare lip! Hare lip!"
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:22:04 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(The Avatar is back by popular request.)
To: Viking2002
It’s late, I can’t sleep Viking. I boned the joke.
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:32:13 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: nickcarraway
I hope he toes the line from here on out.
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:36:49 PM PDT
by
GnuThere
To: All
This story does not have any legs.
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posted on
10/16/2015 12:42:24 AM PDT
by
SteveH
To: nickcarraway
He kept jumping over the wall with those spring attachments anyway.
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posted on
10/16/2015 3:17:25 AM PDT
by
Moltke
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