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 Valentines Day 2013, can leave prison and move to house arrest next week, South Africas 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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I wouldn't be so sure about that. He could have one of these.
Jet powered wheelchair
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