Prosecutors Seek Appeal in Pistorius Case

Oscar Pistorius is no stranger to second chances. The superstar South African athlete was born without fibula bones, and had both legs amputated as a baby. That didn’t stop him from crossing boundaries and becoming the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics, in 2012. His fortunes changed in the early morning hours of Feb 14, 2013, when he shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his Pretoria home. He claims he mistook her for an intruder and did not mean to kill her. That...

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