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 Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment by a South African Court for killing his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp over a year and half ago
After waiting for close to two years, Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in jail for killing then girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
The judgment was delivered by Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa today, Tuesday, October 21,2014 in Pretoria, South Africa, after he was cleared of a murder charge. He was however found guilty of culpable homicide (manslaughter).
Masipa stated during her ruling that she decided the sentence on her own, without the help of the assessors.
She further stated that though she took different factors such as retribution, deterrence, and rehabilitation into consideration, sentencing is not a perfect exercise.