On Tuesday, Oscar Pistorius, a man you may know as blade-runner, the famous, Paralympic athlete from the Olympics, starts his five years in prison. Oscar Pistorius was formally charged with manslaughter after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. This case if very similar to the case of OJ Simpson. Oscar`s uncle made it very clear that he would not appeal to the judge.
Oscar is expected to serve his time in Pretoria Central Prison. Unfortunately for Oscar, Pretoria Central Prison is home to an exorbitant amount of hardened criminals. Among them Eugene de Cock is included having been the leader of the apartheid death squad leader. Fortunately for Oscar, he had his legs amputated as a baby and will stay in the separate and secure hospital wing in the large complex.
It is sad seeing something like this happen to someone who was such a prominent and symbolic figure in the Olympics. Because of that story, I feel bad for him. But I will also include that I do think that his sentence was a worthy one as he did kill his wife. I hope that people still think back to what he represented when he was in the Olympics, that dreams can come true.
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