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              Judge to Sentence Pistorius in Girlfriend's Killing

   by VOA News

   South African runner Oscar Pistorius is due to learn his sentence
   Tuesday, nearly seven months after going on trial for the shooting
   death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

   Judge Thokozile Masipa will announce the punishment, which prosecutors
   argued should be 10 years in prison.

   The athlete's defense team said three years of house arrest and
   community service would be appropriate, and that as a double-amputee he
   would face difficulties in South Africa's prison system.

   Pistorius was convicted last month of culpable homicide for shooting
   Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door at his home in February 2013.
   He said he mistook her for a nighttime intruder.

   The Olympian faced a more serious charge of murder, but Masipa ruled
   that prosecutors did not prove he intentionally shot Steenkamp.
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