Culpable Homicide

• Lawyer shot dead in freak court accident by gun tagged as evidence

  The shooting is being investigated as a possible culpable homicide.

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  Nov 20, 2019
  
• Prosecutors file appeal against Oscar Pistorius verdict and sentence

  Prosecutors say they have filed appeal papers against the verdict and sentence in the Oscar Pistorius case.

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  Nov 4, 2014
  
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• Prosecutors to appeal verdict, sentence against Oscar Pistorius

  South African prosecutors say they will appeal the verdict and sentence against Oscar Pistorius.

  Crime

  Oct 27, 2014
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• Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 5 years in prison for killing of girlfriend

  Oscar Pistorius was taken away in a police van with barred windows Tuesday to start serving a five-year prison sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

  Crime

  Oct 21, 2014
• Prosecutor wants 10 years in prison for Pistorius

  The devastating hollow-point bullets fired by Oscar Pistorius from his powerful handgun "ripped" through Reeva Steenkamp's body, the chief prosecutor said Friday at the end of the athlete's sentencing hearing, urging a judge to send him to prison for at least 10 years.

  World

  Oct 17, 2014
• Pistorius sentencing: Steenkamp’s cousin says athlete’s apology not genuine

  Oscar Pistorius must "pay for what he's done" and his apology to the family of the girlfriend he killed was not sincere, a cousin of Reeva Steenkamp said Thursday as testimonies wrapped up.

  World

  Oct 16, 2014
• Steenkamp’s cousin testifies at Pistorius hearing

  Reeva Steenkamp's cousin sobbed while testifying Wednesday how she first heard on a car radio that Oscar Pistorius had shot and killed his girlfriend.

  World

  Oct 15, 2014
• Prosecutor: Pistorius offered cash after killing

  Oscar Pistorius offered $34,000 to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her, but the family rejected the funds because they did not want "blood money," a prosecutor said Tuesday at the sentencing hearing for the double-amputee athlete.

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  Oct 14, 2014
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• Judge in Oscar Pistorius trial faced with harsh criticism

  Several legal groups in South Africa say they are concerned about harsh criticism of the judge who found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, but not guilty of the more serious charge of murder.

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  Sep 16, 2014
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• South Africa Olympic body says Pistorius can compete again

  Oscar Pistorius is free to compete for South Africa again, as long as his running doesn't go against the ruling of the judge.

  World

  Sep 15, 2014