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South African appeals court convicts Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturns lesser conviction

JOHANNESBURG — A South African appeals court on Thursday convicted Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturning a lower court's conviction of the double-amputee Olympian on the lesser charge of manslaughter for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to death in 2013.

Justice Lorimer Eric Leach of the Supreme Court of Appeal delivered the ruling by the five-judge appeals court in Bloemfontein and directed the trial court, the North Gauteng High Court, to impose sentence.

http://www.startribune.com/south-african-appeals-court-convicts-pistorius-of-murder/360354691/

 

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