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Oscar Pistorius Case Summary
On October 21 2014, Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to 6 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend. Formally celebrated as an Olympian and Paralympic Gold Medalist the murder had come to a great shock before the public. Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp at his home in an upscale Pretoria neighborhood around 4:00AM on Valentine's Day two years ago -- a killing he says was an accident, after he mistook her for an intruder, but one the prosecution called a deliberate act after the two had an argument. The prosecution has said that “Pistorius had a violent streak, and that he murdered his lover after a late-night argument. But the judge said there was no evidence supporting the accusation that the two had a fight.” THe same judge convicted
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