{"id":2138335,"date":"2024-01-02T12:11:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T17:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/explainer-what-will-happen-to-oscar-pistorius-when-he-is-released-from-jail\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T12:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T17:16:04","slug":"explainer-what-will-happen-to-oscar-pistorius-when-he-is-released-from-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/explainer-what-will-happen-to-oscar-pistorius-when-he-is-released-from-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s next for Oscar Pistorius after his release from jail?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexplainer-what-will-happen-to-oscar-pistorius-when-he-is-released-from-jail%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2138335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>January 2, 2024 \u2013 4:19 AM PST<\/p>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) \u2013 Former \u2064Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on Friday \u2064after he was granted parole nearly 11 years after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Here is \u200ba look at what will happen to Pistorius after his release under\u2063 South Africa\u2019s so-called restorative justice programme.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO PISTORIUS AFTER HIS RELEASE?<\/h2>\n<p>Pistorius \u2013 \u200cknown\u200b as the \u201cBlade Runner\u201d for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs \u2013 became eligible for \u200dparole in March 2023 after he had served half of his 13 years and five months sentence\u200d for murder.<\/p>\n<p>He was granted parole on Nov. 24, to take effect on Jan. 5.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s Department of\u200d Correctional Services (DCS) said in November that Pistorius will complete the remainder of\u2063 his sentence in the country\u2019s community corrections system.<\/p>\n<p>He will be under the supervision of the DCS and will be subjected to parole conditions until his sentence expires in December\u200d 2029.<\/p>\n<p>He will be assigned a monitoring official, who will have to \u200cbe kept informed when Pistorius is seeking job opportunities or moving homes.<\/p>\n<p>As part of\u200b the \u2064conditions, Pistorius will\u2062 also have to attend programmes on gender-based violence and continue therapy sessions on anger management, a lawyer\u200d for the Steenkamp family said shortly after he was granted parole.<\/p>\n<p>He is\u2064 expected to live in Pretoria.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHAT WAS CONSIDERED \u2063FOR HIS EARLY RELEASE?<\/h2>\n<p>Several factors are typically taken into account by a parole\u200b board, including the \u2063nature of the crime, the possibility of reoffending, conduct in prison, physical and \u200cmental wellbeing and potential threats a prisoner may face if\u2062 released.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his parole, Pistorius also participated in the restorative justice programme \u2013 \u200da system introduced after the end of apartheid to deal with apartheid-era\u2062 crimes in a more participative and reconciliatory way.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2062based partly on how indigenous cultures handled crime long before Europeans colonised South\u2064 Africa, with the \u200baim of bringing affected parties in a crime together to find closure, rather than merely punishing perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>An integral part of the restorative \u2064justice programme is a victim-offender dialogue that brings parties affected by a crime together to \u200ctry to achieve \u2062closure. Participation is voluntary.<\/p>\n<p>Pistorius was\u200b moved to a prison closer \u200dto where the Steenkamp family stayed in late 2021, ahead of reconciliation talks aimed at a potential early release\u200c from prison.<\/p>\n<p>He and the late Barry Steenkamp \u2013 Reeva\u2019s father \u2013\u200b participated in the victim-offender dialogue on June 22, 2022.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHAT HAS BEEN THE REACTION TO HIS EARLY RELEASE?<\/h2>\n<p>The Steenkamp\u2019s family lawyer said in \u2064November \u200dthat they were \u2063not surprised by the parole decision, issued after Pistorius \u200bhad completed a set portion of his sentence.<\/p>\n<p>In the run-up\u2063 to the parole \u200chearing, Reeva Steenkamp\u2019s mother June released a statement saying she was not\u2064 convinced\u2064 Pistorius had been rehabilitated. However,\u2063 she said she had no objections \u200bto his release.<\/p>\n<p>After Pistorius was\u2062 granted parole,\u200b June Steenkamp lauded the parole board\u2019s\u200c efforts in involving the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Pistorius\u2019 lawyer and family did not comment.<\/p>\n<p><sup>Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo, William Maclean<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>It is officially the 2024\u200d election year and states\u200b across the country are enacting controversial laws.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Ringing \u200din\u2062 the new year is a \u2063tradition celebrated across the globe.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>From showcasing the\u2064 Biden \u200bAdministrations failures to the investigation into the Biden family. \u2064House \u2062Oversight Committee Republicans made major strides last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Israeli hostage Mia Schem gives her first interview since being released by her captors\u2062 in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Bitcoin galloped past $45,000 for the first time since April 2022, buoyed by optimism around the possible approval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-st-kicks-off-2024-on-a-dull-note-as-yields-rise-apple-dips\/\" title=\"Wall Street starts 2024 on a lackluster note with rising yields and Apple's decline\">exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22,\u2063 2023 \u2013 6:05 AM PST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese regulators announced on Friday a wide range of rules aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One of the main bottlenecks for Tesla is the speed it can make\u2064 the 4680 batteries used in the Cybertruck with its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-vet-defends-beheading-satanic-statue\/\" title=\"Navy vet supports beheading Satanic statue\">dry-coating technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group of 11 nonfiction authors have joined a lawsuit in\u2063 Manhattan federal court that accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of misusing books the authors have written to train their models.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How do some people argue that the \u200bparole conditions placed on\u200b Pistorius contribute to\u200d the restorative justice process?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2063 E decision, stating that it was in line with the\u200d restorative justice process and that she hoped Pistorius would use his freedom to make a positive impact and contribute to society.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200d not\u200b everyone has been supportive of Pistorius&#8217;\u200d early release. Many people, both in South \u200bAfrica and around the world, believe \u2062that he should have served a longer sentence for the crime he committed. They argue \u2063that the justice\u200d system should\u200d prioritize the victim and her family, and that Pistorius\u2062 should have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/screaming-leftists-storm-mccarthys-capitol-office-arrests-made\/\" title=\"Arrests made as leftists storm McCarthy's office.\">faced harsher consequences<\/a> for taking a life.<\/p>\n<p>The case of Oscar Pistorius has\u2063 been a highly controversial and widely followed one. It has also shed light\u200d on the broader issues of \u2064gender-based violence and the treatment of crimes against women in South Africa.\u200b The fact that Pistorius will be required to attend programs on gender-based violence is seen \u2064by some \u200cas a step in the right direction, towards addressing deep-rooted issues and preventing future\u2064 acts of violence.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Oscar Pistorius&#8217; release from prison after serving half \u2063of his sentence has sparked mixed \u200dreactions. While some believe in the principles of restorative\u2064 justice and rehabilitation, others argue\u200d for tougher punishment for crimes of this nature. \u200cThe parole conditions placed on Pistorius, including therapy sessions and participation in programs on gender-based\u200c violence, aim \u200bto address the underlying issues and contribute to his reintegration into society. Only time will tell how Pistorius will use his freedom and\u200d whether he will be able to make amends for his actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar Pistorius, the former Paralympic star, will be released from prison on Friday after being granted parole, 11 years after the tragic killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. 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