People think the justice system has failed for his six years jail term

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July 6, 2016 12:50 PM

Twitter reacts to Oscar Pistorius' six years jail term for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013.

Pistorius shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp four times through a locked door in February 2013 and was initially handed a five-year conviction for manslaughter. The South African runner’s charge was later changed to murder in December 2015.

Judge Thokozile Masipa who handed Oscar Pistorius his six-year jail term said mitigating circumstances such as rehabilitation and remorse outweighed the aggravating factors such as Pistorius’ failure to fire a warning shot for deviating from the minimum 15 years jail sentence.

Twitter’s reaction to the athlete's jail term is that justice has once again failed because of money.

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