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October 21, 2014

Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years for Girlfriend's Killing, Likely to Serve 10 Months 
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South African Olympic and Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been
sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend, Reeva
Steenkamp. Pistorius is expected to serve just 10 months before entering
house arrest. Last month he was convicted of culpable homicide, a charge
equivalent to manslaughter for shooting Steenkamp through a bathroom
door. He claimed he mistook her for an intruder.

 

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