He paralympic athlete Oscar Pistoriuswho went to prison in 2014 convicted of murdering his partner Reeva Steenkamptoday obtained the granting of freedom conditional as of January 5, as they ruled the South African prison authorities.
The Department of Correctional Services in Pretoria re-examined the case and has determined that “it is suitable for social reintegration” after almost ten years in prison. “The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) confirms the parole for Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius, effective January 5, 2024,” it announced in a statement after a closed-door hearing at Atteridgeville prison, in Pretoria.
“Pistorius will serve the remainder of his sentence in the community corrections system and will be subject to supervision in compliance with his parole conditions until his sentence expires,” the document added.
A multiple-time Paralympic champion, Pistorius, 37, made history at the 2012 London Olympics by competing with Olympic athletes in the 400m with two carbon prostheses. One year after this feat, In the early hours of February 14, 2013, the South African athlete killed his partnermodel Reeva Steenkamp, 29 years old.
Resources and appeals in his sentence
Initially, He was sentenced to five years for murder. Pistorius declared that he shot his partner thinking that an intruder who had entered his house was hiding in the bathroom. A year later, at the end of 2015, he was convicted of murder after an appeal by prosecutors. He was sent back to prison for six years, less than half the minimum 15-year sentence requested by prosecutors.
In 2017, After another appeal by the Prosecutor’s Office, the Supreme Court increased the sentence to 13 years and five months in prison.
In March he was denied parole on the grounds that he had not served the minimum term of his sentence. However, in October, the Constitutional Court already announced that Pistorius had served half of his sentence on March 21, since it began to be counted since July 2016.
Letter from the victim’s mother
Before the hearing began this Friday, the mother of the murdered model, June Steenkamp, indicated that she is not “convinced” that “Oscar has been rehabilitated,” according to a letter read by her lawyers.
Even so, he stressed that, if authorities believe that Pistorius “is sufficiently rehabilitated,” it is his “desire that DCS parole policies and procedures be consistently applied upon his release.”
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“I don’t believe Oscar’s version. (…) I don’t know anyone who does. My dear daughter screamed for her life, loud enough for the neighbors to hear,” the mother said in her letter this Friday. by Steenkamp.
“Rehabilitation requires that a person honestly engage with the full truth of their crime and the consequences thereof. No one can claim to have remorse if they are not able to fully engage with the truth,” he added.
2023-11-24 11:26:56
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