Posted on 01/05/2024 12:53:55 AM PST by RandFan
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Officials confirmed Pistorius was "at home" on Friday morning, having served half of his more than 13-year sentence.
Ms Steenkamp's mother said she accepted the decision to release the former athlete - but added her family was the one "serving a life sentence".
Pistorius, now 37, shot Ms Steenkamp multiple times in 2013 through a door.
The double amputee later claimed he had mistaken her for a burglar (thief).
Pistorius was eventually convicted of murder in 2015 after an appeal court overturned an earlier verdict of culpable homicide.
Under South African law, all offenders are entitled to be considered for parole once they have served half their total sentence, which for Pistorius was finally set in 2017 at 13 years and five months.
He will live under strict conditions - including being unable to speak to the media - until his sentence expires in 2029.
He is believed to have gone to live at the home of his uncle Arnold Pistorius in an upmarket suburb of the capital, Pretoria.
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Only served 9 years for Murder?
life is cheap, the rats and their supporters made it this way while the GOP sit on thier hands and look the other way. Punishment that fits the crime is only used when it pertains to the elite and thier families ours are collateral damage and accepted, a statistic a number on thier crime stats that they maniulate every year in thier favor. from the immediate hanigin judge to 5 years good behavior
He got diminished responsibility because he thought she was a thief
Because when you’re living with someone and you think there’s an intruder in your mutual home, you always shoot through the closed bathroom door without first making sure its not your girlfriend on the other side that you’re filling full of lead.
He knew she was in there. He was having a temper tantrum and trying to scare her. Didn’t expect to kill her but didn’t care if he did kill her. He is an ugly character.
“He got diminished responsibility because he thought she was a thief”
Pistorius discontinued that model.
Jerk
“but added her family was the one “serving a life sentence”. “
Ain’t that the truth!
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