Title: Pistorius Granted Bail in South Africa, Awaits New Sentence

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/668/pistor_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Pistorius Granted Bail in South Africa, Awaits New Sentence' data-article-id='1041'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10688'>A South African judge has granted bail to athlete Oscar Pistorius, after an appeals court last week convicted him of murder.</span> <span data-start-time='10688' data-end-time='19500'>The double-leg amputee and Olympic sprinter will remain under house arrest while awaiting a new sentence. </span> <span data-start-time='19500' data-end-time='27167'>He was convicted of murder for shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='27167' data-end-time='35167'>The appeals court overturned a manslaughter ruling against Pistorius last Thursday. </span> <span data-start-time='35167' data-end-time='41833'>The new murder charge carries a minimum 15 years in prison.</span> <span data-start-time='41833' data-end-time='54000'>The Paralympic track and field star plans to take the case to South Africa’s Constitutional Court for review, according to his lawyer. </span> <span data-start-time='54000' data-end-time='60313'>The constitutional court is the highest court in South Africa.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='60313' data-end-time='66208'>This past October, Pistorius was released from prison. </span> <span data-start-time='66208' data-end-time='72792'>He served less than one year of the five-year term behind bars. </span> <span data-start-time='72792' data-end-time='79646'>He was to serve the rest of the culpable murder sentence under house arrest.</span> <span data-start-time='79646' data-end-time='88813'>Pistorius will again appear in court April 18 to go over the next steps in the legal process.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/668/pistor_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=4699 data-hint-location='10688' 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A South African judge has granted bail to athlete Oscar Pistorius, after an appeals court last week convicted him of murder. The double-leg amputee and Olympic sprinter will remain under house arrest while awaiting a new sentence. He was convicted of murder for shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013.

The appeals court overturned a manslaughter ruling against Pistorius last Thursday. The new murder charge carries a minimum 15 years in prison. The Paralympic track and field star plans to take the case to South Africa’s Constitutional Court for review, according to his lawyer. The constitutional court is the highest court in South Africa.

This past October, Pistorius was released from prison. He served less than one year of the five-year term behind bars. He was to serve the rest of the culpable murder sentence under house arrest. Pistorius will again appear in court April 18 to go over the next steps in the legal process.

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