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South Africa: Court Rejects Pistorius’ Appeal of Murder Conviction

HeadlineMar 04, 2016

In South Africa, a court has rejected Olympic and Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius’ right to appeal his conviction of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013. Last year, an appeals court ruling overturned a lower court’s decision to convict Pistorius on the lesser charge of manslaughter. Pistorius faces a minimum 15-year sentence for the murder.

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