Top billing interview with oscar pistorius biography
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In January , Michael Sokolove wrote a profile of Oscar Pistorius, who this week took the stand to defend himself in his murder trial.
Finally, it was over. The trial that captivated the world. The triumphant athlete -- a hero who always seemed to beat the odds. Yet this challenge was even greater, as Oscar Pistorius stood accused of murder.
In the packed Pretoria, South Africa, courtroom of Judge Thokozile Masipa, the "Blade Runner" confronted his fate.
Pistorius, 26, was born without fibula and had both legs amputated below the knee before he was a year old.Masipa declared Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide.
In layman's terms, manslaughter. According to the judge, Oscar Pistorius did not intentionally kill Reeva Steenkamp, but acted negligently in firing four shots through his bathroom door.
Her parents, June and Barry Steenkamp, seemed stunned, as her friends wept. Pistorius, who had wept like a child through out the trial, now silent and stoic.
The reduced guilty verdict washed over the crowd.
Pistorius made his way through it, center stage in the saga that has become a nation's real-life soap opera.
Pistorius' uncle, Arnold Pistorius, gave the family's initial reaction:
"This is a big burden off our sho