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Oscar Pistorius granted bail

PRETORIA, South Africa — After four days of combative hearings, a South African magistrate Friday granted bail for Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee track star accused of murdering his girlfriend, in a case that has horrified and fascinated the nation and much of the world.

Magistrate Desmond Nair announced the decision after impassioned final arguments from the defense and the prosecution in Courtroom C of the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court.

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He thought his own girlfriend was an armed intruder in the house. Is that kind of like an insanity defense?

The judge let him loose but kept the legs.

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Doooohhhh..........