Pistorius Sentenced to Prison

South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday for fatally shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after the judge declined to impose the 15-year minimum sentence requested by the state for the murder charge Pistorius was convicted of in December.

Judge Thokozile Masipa, who presided over Pistorius' original trial, said the allegation that he had intended to kill Steenkamp was a "misperception," the Guardian reports.