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On 8 December 2015, it was announced that Pistorius would continue to remain free on bail of 10,000 rand (under £500, US $686) since judge [[Aubrey Ledwaba]] did not consider him to be a flight risk, though remaining under house arrest. He was to be allowed to leave home between 7{{nbsp}}am and noon each day, but staying within a 20 km radius<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/dec/08/oscar-pistorius-bail-hearing-returned-to-jail-live? |title=Oscar Pistorius granted bail and will take murder appeal to constitutional court – as it happened |last=Phipps |first=Claire |newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 December 2015 |agency=Reuters |access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref> of his uncle's mansion in Pretoria, to be enforced with the aid of an electronic monitoring device. He was required to give up his passport. Pistorius will appeal his murder conviction in South Africa's Constitutional Court.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pistorius-granted-bail-1.3355090 |title=Oscar Pistorius to remain under house arrest as he awaits murder sentence |last1=Torchia |first1=Christopher |last2=Chutel |first2=Lynsey |date=8 December 2015 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/oscar-pistorius-granted-bail-murder-conviction-35639331 |title=Oscar Pistorius to Appeal to South Africa's Highest Court |last=Torchia |first=Christopher |date=8 December 2015 |work=ABC News|access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>
On 11 January 2016, Pistorius applied for leave to appeal to South Africa’s constitutional court,<ref>{{Cite news|title = Oscar Pistorius seeks leave to appeal against murder conviction|url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/11/oscar-pistorius-appeal-murder-conviction-constitutional-court|website = The Guardian|access-date = 11 January 2016|first = Agence France-Presse in|last = Johannesburg| date=11 January 2016 }}</ref> his lawyers contended that the Supreme Court of Appeal had 'acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally' by rejecting factual findings of the original verdict,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Pistorius moves to appeal murder conviction in SA's top court|url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/pistorius-moves-to-appeal-murder-conviction-in-sa-s-top-court/story-p8XwiJAOitc8MQ8HktuQDM.html|website = [[Hindustan Times]]| date=11 January 2016 |access-date = 9 September 2020}}</ref> and made mistakes in its application of the principle of dolus eventualis.<ref>{{Cite web|title = This is how appeal court went wrong: Pistorius's lawyer|url = http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2016/01/12/This-is-how-appeal-court-went-wrong-Pistoriuss-lawyer|website = Times LIVE|access-date = 12 January 2016}}</ref> On 3 March 2016, the Constitutional Court denied the application.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35720684|title=Oscar Pistorius denied leave to appeal for Steenkamp murder|work=BBC News |date=3 March 2016 |access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>
===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 was eligible for parole in 2023 and was denied on March 31.<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|agency=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|agency=Reuters|date=9 April 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=8 July 2021|language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Parole and Release ==
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