Pistorius To Be Released August 21

Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison for good behavior on August 21 and go under house arrest after serving just 10 months for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, South Africa’s department of corrections said Monday.

‘’He’s behaving himself very well,’’ Acting National Commissioner of Correctional Services Zach Modise told The Associated Press. ‘’He hasn’t given us any problems.’’

Yet three months after he leaves Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria, likely for the comfort of his uncle’s mansion, the double-amputee Olympic athlete will again face the possibility of a murder conviction and could be sent back to jail – this time for a minimum of 15 years.

Pistorius was acquitted of murder and found guilty of the lesser charge of culpable homicide, or manslaughter, last year for shooting Steenkamp through a toilet door in his home. Prosecutors will again seek a murder conviction at the Supreme Court of Appeal in November, the court announced, also on Monday.

Pistorius’ impending release after serving one-sixth of his five-year jail term for manslaughter is in line with South African law. But it was sharply criticized by family members of Steenkamp, the 29-year-old model and reality TV star shot multiple times by Pistorius in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 14, 2013.

‘’Incarceration of 10 months for taking a life is simply not enough,’’ Steenkamp’s family said in a written statement to the parole board that met Friday and approved Pistorius’ release under correctional supervision, or house arrest.