Oscar Pistorius, South African Olympian, is denied parole in his girlfriend's murder
![June Steenkamp, the mother of Reeva Steenkamp sits inside the correctional service car Thursday at the Atteridgeville Prison for the parole hearing of Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria, South Africa.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/03/31/ap23090342794242_wide-99e6621e4a9497cab75e08f46b708fa3b4376133.jpg?s=600)
Pistorius was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison for in 2017, four years after he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp in their home, claiming he mistook her for an intruder.
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