{"id":7359,"date":"2016-07-06T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/07\/06\/oscar-pistorius-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-for-girlfriends-murder\/"},"modified":"2016-07-06T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T08:45:00","slug":"oscar-pistorius-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-for-girlfriends-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/oscar-pistorius-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-for-girlfriends-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Pistorius Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison For Girlfriend&#039;s Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/07\/06\/484895780\/oscar-pistorius-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-for-girlfriends-murder?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\">The Associated Press<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.<\/p>\n<p>Pistorius stood and faced Judge Thokozile Masipa as she announced the sentence in a South African courtroom in Pretoria on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pistorius was facing a possible 15-year jail term for shooting Steenkamp through a toilet cubicle door at his home in 2013, but Masipa said substantial and compelling circumstances existed in the double-amputee Olympic runner&#8217;s case to give him a lesser sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Steenkamp&#8217;s parents, Barry and June, were present in the courtroom, which was packed with relatives of both Pistorius and Steenkamp and other observers.<\/p>\n<p>In reading out the sentence, Judge Masipa said Pistorius was a &#8220;fallen hero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The judge ordered a recess to give prosecutors and Pistorius&#8217; 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