Oscar Pistorius Released on Parole After Serving Nine Years for Murder

Overview

• Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on parole after serving nearly nine years of his 13-year sentence for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
• Pistorius will live under strict parole conditions, including a ban on speaking to the media, until his sentence expires in December 2029.
• He is expected to initially live at his uncle’s mansion in the upscale Pretoria suburb of Waterkloof.
• Pistorius maintains that he shot Steenkamp by mistake, believing she was a dangerous intruder hiding in his bathroom.
• Steenkamp’s mother, June Steenkamp, said in a statement that she had accepted Pistorius’ parole, although the pain of her daughter’s death was 'still raw and real.'