Explainer-What will happen to Oscar Pistorius when he is released from jail?


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  • Tuesday, 02 Jan 2024

FILE PHOTO: Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius is escorted by police officers as he arrives for his sentencing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, at North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa July 6, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on Friday after he was granted parole nearly 11 years after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Here is a look at what will happen to Pistorius after his release under South Africa's so-called restorative justice programme.

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