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               Judge Sets Tuesday Deadline for Pistorius Sentence

   by VOA News

   Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will learn his fate Tuesday when a
   South African judge will hand down the sentence over the shooting death
   of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

   The judge adjourned the court Friday after lawyers delivered their
   closing arguments in the sentencing hearing.

   The prosecutor said 10 years in prison would be the "minimum term that
   society will be happy with."

   The runner's attorney argued for Pistorius - a double amputee - to
   avoid incarceration, saying the track star had become a victim in the
   case and has been "treated unfairly."

   Pistorius was convicted last month of culpable homicide, equivalent to
   the charge of manslaughter, in Steenkamp's killing last year.

   He called the shooting a tragic accident after he mistook his
   girlfriend for an intruder.

   But Steenkamp's cousin, Kim Martin, said during the hearing Thursday
   she did not believe his apology for the killing.

   She told the judge, "I think we need to give a message to society that
   you cannot do this and get away with it."

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