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Should Oscar Pistorius Be Granted Parole?

Mzansi wonders if incarcerated paralympian Oscar Pistorius is rehabilitated enough to be granted parole as he applies again.

Oscar Pistorius has been in prison for a while now, serving a 13-year-and-five-month prison sentence for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. He reportedly shot her through the bathroom door of his Pretoria East home on Valentine’s Day that year.

According to reports, the incarcerated paralympian has been eligible for parole for seven months, but it hasn’t been granted to him. In March, Pistorius applied for parole but was denied after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) issued a “communique indicating in effect” that he would only become eligible for parole next August.

Recent reports reveal that on Monday, 9 October, The Constitutional Court’s judgment confirmed that Pistorius has been eligible for parole since March this year when he applied.

702 writes that Benedict Phiri, Managing Director of IusPrudentia Specialist Counsel in conversation with Africa Melane, said,

“The Constitutional Court clarified that Mr Pistorius had served at least half of his sentence by March this year based on its calculation of when that sentence started running.”

“The most important factor at this time will be the case management committee at his correctional facility, and they’ve been monitoring him essentially since the day he presented himself at the facility.”

“They’ve assessed his mental state, is he actually ready to come back into the world, the nature of his offence…”

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