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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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.
1 posted on 10/15/2015 9:42:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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At least he will have a chance to get back on his feet!


2 posted on 10/15/2015 9:47:22 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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Doesn’t sound like s, Africa has a double jeopardy prohibition. He was acquitted and they’re trying him again.


3 posted on 10/15/2015 9:50:06 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Frank_2001

He’ll just have a leg up on the next phase in his life.


4 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!)
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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.


5 posted on 10/15/2015 9:53:09 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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It’s not like he’s an escape risk — he can’t get far on foot.


6 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.")
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7 posted on 10/15/2015 9:54:19 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: nickcarraway

Disgrace!


8 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)
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He shot to kill someone whether he knew it was his girlfriend or not.


9 posted on 10/15/2015 9:59:59 PM PDT by erlayman
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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....

10 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?))
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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.


11 posted on 10/15/2015 10:01:29 PM PDT by dp0622
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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!)

12 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?))
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Definitely would have been Murder II in the US. His “explanation” was one of the lamest I’ve ever heard.


13 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.)
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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.

14 posted on 10/15/2015 10:08:25 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Sanders/Cruz in 2016!)
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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.


15 posted on 10/15/2015 10:11:46 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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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!"


16 posted on 10/15/2015 10:22:04 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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It’s late, I can’t sleep Viking. I boned the joke.


17 posted on 10/15/2015 10:32:13 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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I hope he toes the line from here on out.


18 posted on 10/15/2015 10:36:49 PM PDT by GnuThere
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This story does not have any legs.


19 posted on 10/16/2015 12:42:24 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: nickcarraway

He kept jumping over the wall with those spring attachments anyway.


20 posted on 10/16/2015 3:17:25 AM PDT by Moltke
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