https://gma.yahoo.com/oscar-pistorius-sentenced-6-years-prison-murder-girlfriend-083703735--abc-news-topstories.htmlexcerpt Oscar Pistorius, the world’s most famous Paralympic athlete, was sentenced today to six years in prison for the 2013 Valentine’s Day murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
He remains in a holding cell and will be taken straight to prison. His defense team will not appeal the sentence. With good behavior, he could be eligible for parole in a few years.
Pistorius, 27, was originally found guilty of culpable homicide — similar to manslaughter — in September 2014. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled that the athlete acted negligently when he shot Steenkamp through his bathroom door in his Pretoria home but that his actions weren’t intentional and sentenced him to five years in prison.
6 years for murder, life is so cheap.
