According to recent news reports, South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been denied parole by the Parole Board [1]. Pistorius, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, had applied for parole after serving more than half of his sentence [3].
The Parole Board’s decision to reject Pistorius’s parole application was reportedly based on several factors, including concerns about his behavior in prison and the impact of his release on the victims’ families [1]. Pistorius’s legal team has not yet commented on the decision [1].
It is worth noting that Pistorius had previously requested the courts to force prison authorities to consider him for parole [4], and that the proper parole procedures were allegedly not followed by authorities at the start [10]. However, it is not clear if these factors played a role in the Parole Board’s decision to reject Pistorius’s application.
This latest development marks another chapter in the high-profile case of Oscar Pistorius, who became a household name for his achievements as a Paralympic champion before his fall from grace [9].