Oscar Pistorius Removes Prosthetic Legs and Walks in Courtroom
Oscar Pistorius removed his prostheses and hobbled on his stumps in front of a judge in a South African courtroom Wednesday, part of his defense team's attempt to show that the double-amputee Olympic athlete, convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is a vulnerable man who deserves leniency when he is sentenced.
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"Pity will play no role in the sentence," chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel countered, asking Judge Thokozile Masipa to send the former track star to prison for 15 years, the minimum sentence for murder in South Africa.
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Masipa will announce Pistorius' sentence on July 6,she said at the end of three days of testimony and arguments in Pistorius' sentencing hearing.
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