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After delays and state intervention, a parole board will decide if the Paralympian Oscar Pistorius should be released early from prison A South African parole board is due to meet Monday to determine whether Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius should be placed under correctional supervision for killing

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Oscar Pistorius’ lawyers say prosecutors reintroducing ‘failed case’ in Supreme Court appeal

September 17, 2015

author: Staff Reporter

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Oscar Pistorius' lawyers say prosecutors are persisting with a "failed case" by appealing the double-amputee athlete's acquittal for murder at South Africa's Supreme Court. Pistorius' lawyers made the argument in papers filed Wednesday to the Supreme Court, meeting Thursday's deadline to