South African
prosecutors are appealing for a longer sentence for Olympic athlete, Oscar
Pistorius for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
They told the Supreme Court of Appeal the six-year sentence
was "shockingly light" and he should get 15 years.
Defence lawyers say the sentence handed down by a lower
court is appropriate.
Pistorius claimed he shot dead Ms Steenkamp on Valentine's
Day in 2013 after mistaking her for a burglar at his home in the capital
Pretoria.
The lower court justified deviating from the prescribed
15-year sentence by saying mitigating circumstances such as rehabilitation and remorse
outweighed aggravating factors such as his failure to fire a warning shot.
But prosecutor Andrea Johnson said the sentence did not
match the gravity of the crime.
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