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The pop-up radio station was available during every day of the trial, concluding on the final day of sentencing on 21 October 2014. ESPN, a TV channel focussing on sports-related programming, covered the trial on their ESPN3 network. [207] On 16 June 2014, 48 Hours aired an hour-long documentary titled Oscar Pistorius: Shots in the Dark. [208]
On 8 August 2011, it was announced that Pistorius had been included in the South African team for the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, and had been selected for the 400-metre and the 4 × 400 metre relay squad. In the heats of the 400 metres, Pistorius ran in 45.39 seconds and qualified for the semi-final.
The Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 lists four methods of securing the attendance of an accused person in court. [4] These bear an important relationship to the constitutional rights of freedom and security of the person, [5] of freedom of movement and residence, [6] of access to the courts [7] and of "arrested, detained and accused persons."
[Editor's note: The live broadcast will appear paused during short breaks in the sentencing trial] (Reuters) - Disgraced South African track star Oscar Pistorius arrived at the Pretoria High Court ...
South Africa entered five swimmers (two men and three women), through the results at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines; and by achieving the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slots. [3] Men
In certain circumstances, robberies and hijackings (and aircraft hijacking) also carry a mandatory life sentence. Section 51 of South Africa's Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1997 prescribes the minimum sentences for other types of murders, rapes and robberies to 25, 15 and 10 years respectively, so parole is almost always granted to prisoners ...
"The order of the regional court referring the criminal proceedings to the High Court for purposes of sentence in terms of s 52(1)(b)(i) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997, is set aside. "The common-law definition of rape is extended to include acts of non-consensual penetration of a penis into the anus of a female.
S v M is a 2007 decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa with import for children's rights and criminal sentencing.The court held unanimously that the best interests of the child must be considered whenever a child's primary caregiver is handed a criminal sentence.