Question

Discuss the possible consequences oscar pistorious may have had to face in his personal life due to the negative media coverage and provide a reason for your answer

Answer 1

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Consequences

In addition to the murder charge, Pistorius is accused of three lesser weapons offences: one count of illegal possession of ammunition and two counts of discharging a firearm in a public place. These charges carry up to five years in prison, although in most instances are punishable by a fine.

(Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide after shooting dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but cleared of murder. The prosecution has argued for a minimum 10-year jail sentence.)

trial of Oscar Pistorius

The trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and several gun-related charges (The State vs Oscar Pistorius)[1][2] in the High Court of South Africa in Pretoria opened on 3 March 2014. On 11–12 September 2014, Judge Thokozile Masipa delivered a verdict that Pistorius was not guilty of murder, but guilty of the culpable homicide of Steenkamp and reckless endangerment with a firearm at a restaurant.[3][4] On 21 October 2014, 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.

Pistorius is a leading South African runner, who won attention as an athlete with a disability competing at a high level, including at multiple Paralympic Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Steenkamp, a model, was Pistorius's girlfriend. In the early morning of Thursday, 14 February 2013, Steenkamp was shot and killed by Pistorius at his Pretoria home.[7][8][9] Pistorius acknowledged that he shot Steenkamp, but said that he mistook her for an intruder.[10] Pistorius was taken into police custody and was formally charged with murder in a Pretoria court on 15 February 2013.

On 25 February 2014, Judge President Dunstan Mlambo ruled in the High Court in Pretoria that the entire trial could be broadcast live via audio and 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.

In December 2015, the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned the culpable homicide verdict and found Pistorius guilty of murder. On 6 July 2016 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 15 years with time served counting towards the sentence leaving 13 years and five months.

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Answer 2

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• I believe there were several. For starters, he was born without lower limbs.
• His parents treated him as a "normal" child and encouraged him, particularly his mother, not to limit his abilities because of his disabilities.
• Early in his development, he was encouraged to push boundaries and exceed limits in order to succeed, and each success reinforced the fact that he was an exception to the rule.
• The breakup of his parents, the separation of siblings, and his mother's subsequent death all affected him at an extremely vulnerable age of adolescence.
• With fame and success, he appeared to become more emotionally detached, but there was an underlying temper bubbling beneath the surface.
• At the height of his Olympic success, he demonstrated that he was quick-tempered, would dismiss anyone who did not agree with him, and displayed paranoid tendencies with his obsessive compulsions surrounding home security and his love of guns.
• His girlfriend ultimately paid the ultimate price when he shot her through a bathroom door; he was found guilty of her culpable homicide after a heated exchange.

Oscar Pistorius was a well-known Paralympic athlete who murdered his girlfriend. This situation provided an opportunity for the media to capitalise on it for their own profit-making agenda. However, it was his worldwide fame that allowed the media to exploit his situation.

Because of Oscar Pistorious' popularity, media outlets were able to sensationalise their news topics and generate human-interest stories. As a result, media outlets were able to attract a larger audience, which resulted in an increase in subscription numbers. In essence, this adds up to a lot of profit revenue!

Remember the sex scandal that engulfed Tiger Woods? Similarly, because of his celebrity, media outlets focused heavily on this incident. This is due to the fact that celebrities are frequently seen as role models.

His situation provided an opportunity for the media to capitalise on their status as "role models" in the eyes of the general public. As a result, when high-profile renowned celebrities, such as Oscar Pistorius, exhibit deviant behaviours, also known as 'out-of-the-norm-behavior,' media outlets are quick to demonise the latter, because in the real world, it's all about money, and ALL businesses are out to generate profits

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