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Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years but ‘short’ sentence fiercely criticised
21 Oct 2014: Outrage on social media as defence lawyers for disgraced Paralympian seek his release into house arrest after 10 months
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22 Oct 2014: At Kgosi Mampuru II jail in Pretoria where the Paralympian was sent on Tuesday, inmates with disabilities tell Daily Maverick of the daily hardships they face
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21 Oct 2014: Margie Orford: Reeva Steenkamp was shot by accident, the judge decided. But Oscar Pistorius never took full responsibility for his actions
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21 Oct 2014: Retired general standing for re-election aims to defy critics who rate him authoritarian and eager to impose ‘puritanical discipline’
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21 Oct 2014: Judge Thokozile Masipa rules that non-custodial sentence for athlete would ‘send wrong message to community’
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21 Oct 2014: The long read: Athlete’s trial fed his nation’s appetite for melodrama and revealed how it careers from giddy heights to miserable depths
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21 Oct 2014: As Pistorius faces sentencing for the culpable homicide of Reeva Steenkamp, we look back at how the trial unfolded
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21 Oct 2014: Simon Jenkins: First thoughts: Pistorius’s life is ruined. No one will be deterred by his sentence. Imprisonment is a brutal response that achieves nothing in such cases
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20 Oct 2014: South African president criticises defence team for arguing Olympian should be spared jail because he is disabled
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