By James Macharia JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced to jail on Wednesday for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, but for how long depends largely on how the judge will weigh the role of his disability in the killing. Pistorius, 29, was found guilty of murdering Steenkamp by an appeals court last December. The athlete had the lower part of his legs amputated when he was a baby, and his lawyers have argued that his physical disability and mental stress should be considered as mitigating circumstances to reduce his sentence.
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Pistorius to be sentenced on Wednesday for 2013 murder of girlfriend
