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Oscar Pistorius Parole Hearing Postponed: Latest Details and Comments

Oscar Pistorius' second parole hearing to determine if the South African runner will be released from jail has been delayed by two weeks.

According to a report from the Associated Press, via ESPN.com, the South African Department of Corrections is still reviewing a number of cases with Pistorius' among them.

In October 2014, Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of culpable homicide following the 2013 shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Per the AP report, South African law states that Pistorius was eligible to be released "after serving one-sixth of his sentence in prison—in his case 10 months.