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Pistorius was taken into police custody and was formally charged with murder in a Pretoria court
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Judge President Dunstan Mlambo ruled that parts of the trial could be broadcast live via television, namely the opening and closing arguments, the testimony of consenting state witnesses, the judgment, and the sentencing if applicable.
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Trial Opened In the High Court of South Africa
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Judge Thokozile Masipa delivered a verdict that Pistorius was not guilty of murder
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Pistorius received a prison sentence of a maximum of five years for culpable homicide and a concurrent three-year suspended prison sentence for the separate reckless endangerment conviction.
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Supreme Court of Appeal overturned the culpable homicide verdict and found Pistorius guilty of murder.
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Judge Masipa sentenced Pistorius to six years in prison for murder. On appeal by the state for a longer prison sentence, the Supreme Court of Appeal more than doubled Pistorius's prison term to 13 years and five months.