Oscar Pistorius: The Sentence

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But only (potentially) serving 8-10 months of a 5 year sentence...? Fsck me I don't know how a person can call that justice.

In reality many worse criminals get released way sooner than their original sentence without even actually behaving good. So this is not exceptional circumstances. As long as it is not an automatic release after minimum time I guess it is OK. In my view why sentence someone for 5 years if he can get out within 10 months...but apparently that is how it works. One third of a sentence minimum makes more sense with a minimum of 2 years.
 
In reality many worse criminals get released way sooner than their original sentence without even actually behaving good. So this is not exceptional circumstances. As long as it is not an automatic release after minimum time I guess it is OK. In my view why sentence someone for 5 years if he can get out within 10 months...but apparently that is how it works. One third of a sentence minimum makes more sense with a minimum of 2 years.

The problem is space, they need to get them out quick, before they run out of beds. In time to receive the next batch. A by product of South African crime.
 
So any news? Did he get assaulted last night in prison?

Oscar cried himself to sleep in prison - report

Johannesburg - The correctional services department on Thursday declined to comment on a report that convicted paralympian Oscar Pistorius wept himself to sleep on his first day in prison.

"We have never given a blow-by-blow account of how an offender is progressing on a day-to-day basis," department spokesperson Manelisi Wolela said.

"We have never done that for other offenders and we won't do that for him."

'Broken'

The Times quoted sources as saying that Pistorius cried quite a bit before falling asleep at the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria on his first night there.

"You could hear him. Shortly after the door closed you could hear the tears ... he was torn up. Broken. The crying went on and on. We think he stopped when he fell asleep. It was really bad," a prison source said.

Another source said he was being monitored constantly.

Routine

The newspaper reported that his routine in prison would include waking up at 05:30 daily, eating breakfast at 07:00, lunch at noon, and dinner at 16:00 - all in his cell.

It reported that this week he would begin a 21-day risks and needs assessment. His orientation would include warning him of the dangers such as gangsterism and contraband, and determining whether he was a suicide risk.

Pistorius was sentenced to prison for five years for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He shot her through a locked toilet door in his Pretoria home thinking she was an intruder.

- SAPA
 
Oscar cancelled his Vodacom contract...




he moved to Cell C :D

LOL :D

Oscar cried himself to sleep in prison - report

Johannesburg - The correctional services department on Thursday declined to comment on a report that convicted paralympian Oscar Pistorius wept himself to sleep on his first day in prison.

"We have never given a blow-by-blow account of how an offender is progressing on a day-to-day basis," department spokesperson Manelisi Wolela said.

"We have never done that for other offenders and we won't do that for him."

'Broken'

The Times quoted sources as saying that Pistorius cried quite a bit before falling asleep at the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria on his first night there.

"You could hear him. Shortly after the door closed you could hear the tears ... he was torn up. Broken. The crying went on and on. We think he stopped when he fell asleep. It was really bad," a prison source said.

Another source said he was being monitored constantly.

Routine

The newspaper reported that his routine in prison would include waking up at 05:30 daily, eating breakfast at 07:00, lunch at noon, and dinner at 16:00 - all in his cell.

It reported that this week he would begin a 21-day risks and needs assessment. His orientation would include warning him of the dangers such as gangsterism and contraband, and determining whether he was a suicide risk.

Pistorius was sentenced to prison for five years for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He shot her through a locked toilet door in his Pretoria home thinking she was an intruder.

- SAPA

Good. I don't feel sorry for this killer. He knew who he fired at when he pulled the trigger 4 ****ING TIMES. Reeva died a brutally violent death. He cried for himself. He miss his flashy life. He miss being a ****ing bully.
 
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Was anything mentioned in the sentence about him never being able/allowed to own or use a gun again?
This in my opinion is crucial and we wouldn't had had this if he was had up in the restaurant in the first place.
I bet the restaurant owners feel shyt and they rightfully should.
 
Was anything mentioned in the sentence about him never being able/allowed to own or use a gun again?
This in my opinion is crucial and we wouldn't had had this if he was had up in the restaurant in the first place.
I bet the restaurant owners feel shyt and they rightfully should.

He had been declared unfit.
The defense was quick to say he didn't want to ever own a gun again
 
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