Oscar Pistorius Could Leave Prison by August

(ATR) Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius could be released from a South African prison in August.

South Africa's Department of Correctional Services tells CNN that the parole board is prepared to recommend that Pistorius be released on August 21.

Last December,the judge in the Olympian's trialruled that prosecutors could appeal his acquittalon premeditated murder charges.

Prosecutors says the judge misinterpreted the law in her dismissal of the premeditated murder charge, citing a section of South African law calleddolus eventualis.

Pistorius must serve at least one-sixth of his sentence-- 10 months--before being released under "correctional supervision."

The 28-year-old double amputee was convicted in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013.

Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison for culpable homicide on October 21 of last year.

CNN says that according to South African law, culpable homicide means a person was killed "unintentionally but unlawfully."

The law essentially says someone should be found guilty of murder if they foresaw the possibility of a person dying through their actions and went ahead.

A state appeal is due in November, according to the BBC.

Pistorius' lawyers have told South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority that they would oppose the appeal.

In his 2014 trial, a judge found Pistorius to be not guilty of murder. Prosecutors are appealing that verdict.

During the 2012 Summer Olympics, Pistorius ran in the 400m race and the 4x400m, becoming the first double amputee to participate in the Olympic Games.

Written byNicole Bennett

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