Trial of Oscar Pistorius: Difference between revisions

===Re-sentencing===

In December 2015, the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned the culpable homicide verdict and found Pistorius guilty of murder, concluding that Pistorius should have known that firing his gun would have killed whoever was behind the door, regardless of who he thought it was.<ref name="cnn">{{cite web | url =http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/06/africa/oscar-pistorius-sentence/|title=Pistorius sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder of Reeva Steenkamp|publisher=CNN| date=6 July 2016| access-date =6 July 2016}}</ref> On 6 July 2016 Thokozile Masipa sentenced Pistorius to six years in prison for murder, although the prosecution had called for 15 years, the minimum prison sentence in South Africa for murder.<ref name="cnn"/> Masipa argued that Pistorius had already served 12 months in prison for the culpable homicide conviction and was remorseful for his killing.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/06/oscar-pistorius-sentencing---live/|title=Oscar Pistorius sentencing: Former athlete gets six year prison sentence for murdering Reeva Steenkamp |work=The Telegraph| date=6 July 2016| access-date =6 July 2016}}</ref> In November 2017, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal added 9 years to the sentence, for a total of 15 years, following a government appeal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/world/africa/oscar-pistorius-sentence.html|title=Oscar Pistorius' Murder Sentence increased to 15 years|work=The New York Times |date=24 November 2017 |language=en|access-date=26 February 2019|last1=Cowell |first1=Alan }}</ref> Pistorius will be eligible for parole in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/24/oscar-pistorius-prison-sentence-doubled-south-african-court-reeva-steenkamp|title=South African court doubles Oscar Pistorius's prison sentence|last=Grierson|first=Jamie|date=24 November 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=26 February 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Pistorius and his defense team appealed the ruling,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/19/oscar-pistorius-to-appeal-against-increased-sentence|title=Oscar Pistorius to appeal against increased murder sentence|last=Reuters|date=19 December 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=26 February 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> but the Constitutional Court dismissed his request for leave to appeal in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/10/end-of-the-road-oscar-pistorius-loses-appeal-over-jail-term-in-final-legal-defeat|title='End of the road': Oscar Pistorius loses appeal over jail term in final legal defeat|last=Reuters|date=9 April 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=8 July 2021|language=en-GB}}</ref>

 

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