Posted on 01/05/2024 12:38:37 AM PST by nickcarraway
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on parole on Friday after serving nearly nine years for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine's Day in 2013.
Pistorius, once hailed an inspiration as a double-amputee Olympic runner competing against able-bodied athletes, was serving a 13-year sentence at Atteridgeville Correctional Center in the South African capital of Pretoria. Little details surrounding his release were available, but the announcement from the country's Department of Corrections came at around 8:30 a.m. local time, according to The Associated Press.
Pistorius was convicted of murder in 2015 and sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison. In South Africa, serious offenders are eligible for parole after serving at least half of their sentence.
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I believe he won a gold medal ?
The name is familiar
Not much of criminal justice going on there in South Africa.
disgusting
but then, if I was in the Steenkamp family then his parole would be short-lived
He has springs for legs.
Well, that’ll teach him,huh?
Do the crime... Do a little bit of time.
I always knew he would get sprung from prison.
I’m throwing the challenge on that one!
Now he can put his manuscript (prepared over nine years) in front of bookprinters.
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