Everything changed a decade ago, right before Valentine’s Day, when he murdered his sweetheart.
Oscar Pistorius, the former Paralympic champion, is nearly halfway through his prison sentence and will be eligible for release soon.
According to the South African justice department and prison service, a commission will meet 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.
After consideration, the committee’s decision, which includes officials from the prison service, the police, and civilians, is expected in the following days. A guilty person in South Africa can be granted a suspended sentence after serving half of his sentence.
Oscar Pistorius, who was sentenced to 13 years and 5 months in jail on appeal in November 2017, has been eligible since July 2021. His jail behavior, physical and mental health, and danger of re-offending will all be scrutinized.
“The commission must determine whether the objective of imprisonment has been achieved,” prison administration spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo told AFP.
The long process, which began more than a year ago, included a meeting last year with the victim’s parents. They expressed shock at the idea of their daughter’s killer being released.
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