"Oscar Pistorius Granted Parole, Ending Prison Term for 2013 Murder"

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"Oscar Pistorius Granted Parole, Ending Prison Term for 2013 Murder"
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Oscar Pistorius, the former Paralympian convicted of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, has been released on parole after serving nearly 11 years of his 13-year sentence. Under South African law, he was eligible for parole after serving half his sentence. Pistorius will live under strict conditions, including anger management courses and a ban on speaking to the media, until his sentence expires in 2029. Reeva Steenkamp's mother has accepted the parole decision but expressed that her family is the one "serving a life sentence" as no amount of time will bring her daughter back.

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