Oscar Pistorius Released on Parole 11 Years after Killing Reeva Steenkamp.
Oscar Pistorius's various trials and hearings attracted enormous media interest.
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Officials confirmed Pistorius was “at home” on Friday morning, having served half of his more than 13-year sentence.
Ms Steenkamp’s mother said she accepted the decision to release the former athlete – but added her family was the one “serving a life sentence”.
In 2012, Pistorius became the first double amputee to run in the Olympics.
Just six months later, he shot Ms Steenkamp multiple times through a toilet door in his house. The shooting and subsequent trials gripped South Africa and the world.
Pistorius, now 37, later claimed he had mistaken her for a burglar during the night.
Pistorius was eventually convicted of murder in 2015 after an appeal court overturned an earlier verdict of culpable homicide – or manslaughter.
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