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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius to Be Released Soon
Africanews ^ | 3/29

Posted on 03/29/2023 2:46:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A decade ago, just before Valentine's Day, everything changed on the day he killed his girlfriend.

The former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is now halfway through his prison sentence and will soon be set for possible parole.

A committee is meeting in Pretoria on Friday to decide whether to release the 36-year-old former stadium king, who has had both legs amputated and was convicted of the February 2013 murder of Reeva Steenkamp, the South African justice department and prison service said.

The decision of the committee, which includes representatives of the prison service, the police and civilians, is expected in the coming days, after deliberation. Under South African law, a convicted person can be granted a suspended sentence once half of his sentence has been served.

Oscar Pistorius, sentenced on appeal to 13 years and 5 months in prison in November 2017, has been eligible since July 2021. His behaviour in detention, his physical and mental state and the risk of re-offending will be scrutinised.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; crime; murder; oscarpistorius; southafrica
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Why don't they give him a medal?
1 posted on 03/29/2023 2:46:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Remind me - why did he kill his hot girlfriend?


2 posted on 03/29/2023 2:49:08 PM PDT by PGR88
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I have no idea. I think she was hiding in the bathroom, and he was trying to beat her.


3 posted on 03/29/2023 2:50:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Remind me - why did he kill his hot girlfriend?

Who cares why...he should hang just for removing one of the hottest girls on Earth.


4 posted on 03/29/2023 2:52:31 PM PDT by montag813
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5 posted on 03/29/2023 2:52:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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I thought he was dead.


6 posted on 03/29/2023 2:53:21 PM PDT by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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That’s base.


7 posted on 03/29/2023 2:54:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Shoot, for a minute I thought it said “Jaco Pastorius”, then I remembered... he’s dead.


8 posted on 03/29/2023 2:54:13 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! Assumed that rates would go down, or wouldn't go higher.)
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Oh, gosh, I can’t beleive someone else thought like that.

What a great bass player.


9 posted on 03/29/2023 2:55:48 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! Assumed that rates would go down, or wouldn't go higher.)
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I thought the parole board said he didn’t have a leg to stand on.


10 posted on 03/29/2023 2:58:51 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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Remind me - why did he kill his hot girlfriend?

The Gypsy's Curse?

11 posted on 03/29/2023 3:44:26 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: nickcarraway

How low can you go?


12 posted on 03/29/2023 3:45:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Roses are Red
Violets are Glorious
Don’t sneak up
On Oscar Pistorius


13 posted on 03/29/2023 3:52:33 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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He learned his shooting skills from our own senial Joe...”just shoot through the door”.


14 posted on 03/29/2023 3:56:42 PM PDT by Lockbar (Even when you think you finally have enough ammo, you still really don't have enough. )
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Now, don’t fret.


15 posted on 03/29/2023 3:57:06 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: nickcarraway
I followed that case a bit. Having spent a good bit of time in SA...recently...his burglar defense sounded plausible. South Africa is a *breathtakingly* violent country where everyone is vulnerable to violence but affluent people are particularly vulnerable to violent attacks at 2PM or 2AM,at home or anywhere else.

Add to that the fact that he sleeps without his legs on and you have a defense worthy of consideration.

16 posted on 03/29/2023 4:28:15 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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If what you say is true, then no person would ever be in his house. He always has a reason to kill them.


17 posted on 03/29/2023 4:31:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Norm MacDonald would not be pleased with this development.


18 posted on 03/29/2023 4:32:21 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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I'm not insisting that he's innocent of serious wrongdoing. All I'm saying is 1) he has no legs 2) South Africa is so violent that it makes Chicago look like heaven by comparison.

If I had the time I'd tell you of our experiences in a suburb of Johannesburg called Sandton,a very affluent town (there was a Rolls Royce dealership a hundred yards from our hotel).An armed camp? Yup! It looked like how I assume our compound in Bhagdad looked in 2008.

19 posted on 03/29/2023 4:48:41 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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Update. He’ll be paroled in January 2024.

10 years for murder.

I won’t print the rest of what I’m thinking.


20 posted on 11/24/2023 3:57:12 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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