Oscar Pistorius To Walk From Prison 'Wearing Tag'

The friendship between Oscar Pistorius and Radovan Krejcir is likely going to end on Friday, 21 August 201 5 when “The Blade Runner” walks out of prison. The two have previously played soccer together in jail.

Just after 10 months in prison for killing his girlfriend, Reeva  Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius, the “blade runner” whose achievements in athletics inspired a generation of athletes, will leave the Kgosi Mampuru II maximum security prison on Friday 21 August 2015 wearing an electronic tag.

The friendship between Oscar Pistorius and Radovan Krejcir is likely going to end on Friday, 21 August 201 5 when “The Blade Runner” walks out of prison.

Pistorius's release comes during Women's Month, with the issue of violence against women highlighted in civil society campaigns. Many South Africans are anticipating the athlete's release with disappointment.
The general public view is that Oscar Pistorius benefited from preferential treatment, thanks to his fame and family fortune. The general feeling is also that a longer custodial sentence would have been a fair sentence for the “Blade Runner”. The Steenkamp family is said to have been quoted in their letter to the Parole Board as saying “Incarceration of 10 months for taking a life is simply not enough.

Family and friends of both Pistorius and Steenkamp have mostly declined to comment on his release. Kelly Phelps, a criminal justice lecturer at the University of Cape Town, said that Pistorius's release to correctional supervision was in line with standard criminal justice practice. Pistorius, having spent time in prison, was “sentenced on the harsher end of the spectrum” compared to similar cases of culpable homicide, in which a person was killed out of the mistaken belief they were an intruder.

“It appears that the public discontent with his sentence is connected to the fact that many people still believe he murdered Steenkamp,” she said. “However, after engaging with the evidence presented, that was not the finding of the court.”

Supporters of Pistorius have launched an online campaign compiling motivational messages and pictures to “welcome him home and back to society”. But the 28-year-old could find himself back behind bars soon, depending on the outcome of the state's appeal of his conviction.

It is due to be heard in November by a panel of judges at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein.

Prosecutors are arguing that Pistorius should have been convicted of murder, challenging last year's ruling by Justice Thokozile Masipa as being too lenient.

If the culpable homicide conviction is overturned, Pistorius would face a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. The state has until August 28, a week after Pistorius's release date, to file application papers outlining its appeal.

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