Understanding Oscar’s sentence: Sentencing under Section 276(1)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Act

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dc.contributor.authorAfrica Criminal Justice Reform
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-05T13:41:53Z
dc.date.available2019-12-05T13:41:53Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe recent announcement of the imminent, and subsequently suspended, release on correctional supervision of Oscar Pistorius has attracted significant media attention. For many his possible release is confusing as he was sentenced to a maximum of five years imprisonment for culpable homicide and in addition a concurrent three-year prison term, suspended for five years, for the separate offence of reckless endangerment for firing a firearm in a restaurant. However, after serving only ten months, he was about to be released. The answer to this apparent confusion lies in the sentencing provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act (i.e. s 276(1)(i)) when read together with a provision in the Correctional Services Act (i.e. s73(7)(a). This CSPRI Fact Sheet explains how this particular sentence works.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAfrica Criminal Justice Reform.(2015). 'Understanding Oscar’s sentence: Sentencing under Section 276(1)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Act'. Dullah Omar Institute: University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5136
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDullah Omar Instituteen_US
dc.subjectSection 276(1)(i)en_US
dc.subjectCriminal Procedure Acten_US
dc.subjectOscar Pistoriusen_US
dc.subjectSentencingen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding Oscar’s sentence: Sentencing under Section 276(1)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Acten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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