{"id":7373,"date":"2016-07-06T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T10:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/07\/06\/oscar-pistorius-gets-6-year-prison-sentence-in-girlfriends-murder\/"},"modified":"2016-07-06T10:54:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T10:54:00","slug":"oscar-pistorius-gets-6-year-prison-sentence-in-girlfriends-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/oscar-pistorius-gets-6-year-prison-sentence-in-girlfriends-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Pistorius Gets 6-Year Prison Sentence In Girlfriend's Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oscar Pistorius is embraced by family members as he leaves the High Court after being sentenced to six years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend. Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A South African judge sentenced former Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius to six years in prison Wednesday, imposing punishment for the 2013 killing of Reeva Steenkamp, Pistorius’ girlfriend who was shot through a bathroom door in his house.<\/p>\n

The sentence is less than half of the 15-year minimum term Pistorius had faced. In announcing the sentence, Judge Thokozile Masipa cited “substantial” mitigating factors in the case of the double-amputee athlete, saying that a long jail term “would not serve justice.”<\/p>\n

Steenkamp’s parents, June and Barry, were in court to hear the sentence; afterward, they told reporters that nothing would bring their daughter back. Steenkamp was locked in the bathroom when she was killed on Valentine’s Day in 2013.<\/p>\n

“Pistorius has always maintained he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder,” NPR’s Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports, adding, “Prosecutors earlier indicated they would appeal any sentence under eight years imposed on the double amputee athlete.”<\/p>\n

Before announcing the sentence in court today, Judge Masipa said that Pistorius’ life has been changed forever. She added, “I am of the view that a long term in prison will not serve justice in this matter. The accused has already served 12 months imprisonment. He is a first offender… and he is not likely to reoffend.”<\/p>\n

For Pistorius, the prison sentence is a sharp turnaround from last summer, when a parole board recommended he be released<\/a> under supervision after having served one-sixth of a five-year sentence he received for culpable homicide<\/a>, a charge similar to manslaughter.<\/p>\n

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\"Oscar<\/a><\/div>\n
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Oscar Pistorius is embraced by family members as he leaves the High Court after being sentenced to six years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend. Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A South African judge sentenced former Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius to six years in prison Wednesday, imposing punishment for the 2013 killing of Reeva Steenkamp, Pistorius’ girlfriend who was shot through a bathroom door in his house.<\/p>\n

The sentence is less than half of the 15-year minimum term Pistorius had faced. In announcing the sentence, Judge Thokozile Masipa cited “substantial” mitigating factors in the case of the double-amputee athlete, saying that a long jail term “would not serve justice.”<\/p>\n

Steenkamp’s parents, June and Barry, were in court to hear the sentence; afterward, they told reporters that nothing would bring their daughter back. Steenkamp was locked in the bathroom when she was killed on Valentine’s Day in 2013.<\/p>\n

“Pistorius has always maintained he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder,” NPR’s Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports, adding, “Prosecutors earlier indicated they would appeal any sentence under eight years imposed on the double amputee athlete.”<\/p>\n

Before announcing the sentence in court today, Judge Masipa said that Pistorius’ life has been changed forever. She added, “I am of the view that a long term in prison will not serve justice in this matter. The accused has already served 12 months imprisonment. He is a first offender… and he is not likely to reoffend.”<\/p>\n

For Pistorius, the prison sentence is a sharp turnaround from last summer, when a parole board recommended he be released<\/a> under supervision after having served one-sixth of a five-year sentence he received for culpable homicide<\/a>, a charge similar to manslaughter.<\/p>\n

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