08-19-2015, 03:46 PM
PISTORIUS RELEASE DELAYED
It's gotta suck to believe for months that you're getting sprung on August 21st, only to find out on August 19th that it ain't gonna happen.
Man, I hope the parole board review can't be scheduled til way off in the future.
Snip:
South Africa's Department of Justice said it is putting Oscar Pistorius' release from prison on hold until his case is reviewed again by a parole board.
Department spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga said Pistorius' release will have to be reviewed again because he was approved to be moved to house arrest too early.
"It is apparent... that the decision to release him on 21 August 2015 was made prematurely on 5 June 2015 when the offender was not eligible to be considered at all," Mhaga said in a statement.
"The consequence of this decision is that the earlier decision of the Parole Board to place the offender under correctional supervision is suspended until the Parole Review Board has decided on the matter," Mhaga said.
Pistorius was due to be moved to house arrest on Friday after serving 10 months of his five-year sentence for manslaughter for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
Mhaga didn't say when the parole board would meet to consider Pistorius for release from jail.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscar-pistor...f-justice/
It's gotta suck to believe for months that you're getting sprung on August 21st, only to find out on August 19th that it ain't gonna happen.
Man, I hope the parole board review can't be scheduled til way off in the future.
Snip:
South Africa's Department of Justice said it is putting Oscar Pistorius' release from prison on hold until his case is reviewed again by a parole board.
Department spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga said Pistorius' release will have to be reviewed again because he was approved to be moved to house arrest too early.
"It is apparent... that the decision to release him on 21 August 2015 was made prematurely on 5 June 2015 when the offender was not eligible to be considered at all," Mhaga said in a statement.
"The consequence of this decision is that the earlier decision of the Parole Board to place the offender under correctional supervision is suspended until the Parole Review Board has decided on the matter," Mhaga said.
Pistorius was due to be moved to house arrest on Friday after serving 10 months of his five-year sentence for manslaughter for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
Mhaga didn't say when the parole board would meet to consider Pistorius for release from jail.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscar-pistor...f-justice/