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28 Nov 2023, 10:09 am
After eleven years of ups and downs in his legal travails for fatally shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, former Paralympian champion Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole on January 5, 2024. [read post]
8 Jun 2021, 9:01 pm
Justice Stevens explained for the Court that walking “is not an indispensable feature of tournament golf” and that accommodating Martin would not unfairly advantage him relative to the competition.In the ensuing years, there have been other high-profile sports cases involving disabilities—like “Blade Runner” (and unrelatedly, killer) Oscar Pistorius—but the PGA Tour case remains the closest high-profile comparator for Osaka’s… [read post]
20 Aug 2018, 8:58 am
Oscar Pistorius was tried for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp... [read post]
24 Nov 2017, 5:16 pm
24 Nov 2017, 7:10 am
In the latest chapter in the Oscar Pistorius case, on November 24th, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has set aside Oscar Pistorius' sentence imposed on July 6, 2016. [read post]
24 Nov 2017, 7:10 am
In the latest chapter in the Oscar Pistorius case, on November 24th, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has set aside Oscar Pistorius' sentence imposed on July 6, 2016. [read post]
24 Nov 2017, 7:10 am
In the latest chapter in the Oscar Pistorius case, on November 24th, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has set aside Oscar Pistorius' sentence imposed on July 6, 2016. [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 4:41 pm
The firm did not shy away from controversial clients, who included former South African president FW de Klerk, Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian president Bashir al-Assad, and the South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, after he was accused of murder. [read post]
26 Jun 2017, 4:40 pm
It followed the landmark decision in 2014 in the Oscar Pistorius case, where the judge president of the Gauteng High Court, Dustan Mlambo, allowed live broadcasting for the first time in South Africa’s history, of Pistorius’s criminal trial – the entire trial was broadcast live through audio, and audio-visual broadcasting was permitted of the argument, the judgment, evidence of state experts and police officers, and the lay witnesses who consented. [read post]
7 Jul 2016, 11:07 am
7 Jul 2016, 5:59 am
* Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius may recently have been sentenced to six years in prison for the killing of his girlfriend, but according to South African legal analysts, he'll be eligible for parole in just three years, and will most likely be freed from behind bars at that time, despite his murder conviction. [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 11:15 am
Oscar Pistorius is back in jail today, sentenced to 6 years following last month's re-sentencing hearing which was the result of the state winning an appeal over the judge's decision to toss the murder charge. [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 4:46 am
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Oscar Pistorius: Your Wednesday Briefing http://ow.ly/ttg0301YlYQFiled under: Conflict [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 6:51 am
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12 Jun 2016, 8:13 am
12 May 2016, 6:00 am
Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. [read post]
29 Feb 2016, 4:42 pm
Fortunately, after the Oscar Pistorius case revolutionalized broadcasting courts even in criminal cases (see my blog on the decision here), many court cases are now televised or streamed over the internet without any controversy – especially appeals, applications and judgments. [read post]
8 Dec 2015, 7:09 am
Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail pending the outcome of his new appeal and should that fail, his sentencing. [read post]
8 Dec 2015, 5:53 am
News] * After having a culpable homicide conviction for which he already served time overturned and turned into a murder conviction instead, Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was granted $688 bail since he's not considered a "flight risk. [read post]
4 Dec 2015, 11:07 am
In prior blogs (here and here) we discussed both the trial of Oscar Pistorius, in South Africa, for the death of his girlfriend, and then the verdict, which found Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, that is, what we in the... [read post]
