Should Oscar Pistorius Get A Lighter Sentence Because He’s A Double Amputee?

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In a bid for a lighter sentence in the shooting death conviction of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, former Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius walked across at Pretoria, South Africa courtroom without his prostheses today.

Yep, he hobbled on just his stumps, in a bid by his attorneys to present him as “a vulnerable man who deserves leniency when he is sentenced,” according to RSPN. In addition, he had taken off his suit and was dressed in a t-shirt and running shorts.

The demonstration drew gasps from some onlookers in the courtroom and Pistorius became tearful.

“I don’t want to overplay disability,” defense attorney Barry Roux said ahead of the demonstration, “but the time has come that we…