Oscar Pistorius prison release put on hold

But June has previously spoken out against Pistorius’s early release.

Pistorius should have served 10 months, or one-sixth, of his five-year sentence before being considered for release, Mhaga said. A new decision is expected before Friday’s planned release date, TheGuardian reports.

The Department of Justice on Wednesday cast doubt on an early release, saying it is checking to see if a parole board decision was correct and “in compliance with the law”.

In so doing, it became desirable that he considers the applicable legislation pertaining to the length of sentence for offenders incarcerated under section 276(1)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA).

Justice Minister Michael Masutha said in a statement that the parole board had decided to release Pistorius on parole even before the athlete had served a sixth of his sentence, as required by law. A decision on parole can not be made until the full 10 months of the imprisonment are complete.

The petition may have scuppered his release. The first amputee to run at the Olympics might race again.

Pistorius will spend the next five years in his luxury mansion “in one of the wealthiest suburbs of South Africa”. Steenkamp would have been 32 today.

Reeva Steenkamp died in February 2013 after Pistorius claimed he shot her by accident, thinking she was an intruder.

Ms Steenkamp’s parents have said that the time he has served is “not enough for taking a life”. “We fear that this will not send out the proper message and serve as the deterrent it should”. Prosecutors, in appeal papers filed Monday, said Pistorius intended to kill whoever was behind the door.

If they win their case, which is to be heard in November, Pistorius could face at least 15 years in jail for murder. It is also evident that on the 5th June 2015 the CSPB considered him and took a decision to place him under correctional supervision on the 21st August 2015.

What does the appeal involve? However, the judge did not believe the defendant purposely killed his girlfriend.

Prosecutors announced their intention to appeal against Judge Thokozile Masipa’s decision shortly after Pistorius’s months-long trial a year ago. But regardless of what happens, the drawn-out legal battle will continue to cost Pistorius financially.

“At the beginning he could not understand that you get locked up in a cell”, Modise told South Africa’s Sunday Times earlier this month. The sponsorships are gone, and many of his cars and property have been sold as the legal battle continues.

How was the decision to release him reached?