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Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius is escorted by police officers as he arrives for his sentencing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, at North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa July 6, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Explainer: What will happen to Oscar Pistorius when he is released from jail?

Former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on Friday after he was granted parole nearly 11 years after killing his girlfriend.

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius leaves the Pretoria High Court on June 15, 2016, after the third day of his resentencing hearing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Granted Parole, 11 Years After Murdering Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee former Olympic runner known as “Blade Runner,” was granted parole on Friday, marking a decade since he murdered his girlfriend at his residence in Pretoria, South Africa on Valentine’s Day 2013.