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Oscar Pistorius: 'I don't want to have to waste my life' in prison

Oscar Pistorius said he doesn’t want to "waste his life sitting” in prison, something that's a real possibility as he awaits sentencing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Pistorius told British broadcaster ITV if he were "afforded the opportunity of redemption I would like to help the less fortunate."

"I would like to believe if Reeva could look down upon me she would want me to live that life,” Pistorius said.

Pistorius — the first amputee runner to compete in the Olympics when he represented South Africa in the 2012 London Games — didn’t testify during last week’s sentencing hearing.