Oscar Pistorius sentence too light: Your Say

Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympic athlete, was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday. He was acquitted of murder but found guilty of the equivalent of manslaughter for killing his girlfriend in 2013. Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

After 10 months, he might serve the rest of the time under house arrest, Pistorius' lawyer said. I bet if he were an average Joe, he would have been convicted of murder. I guess celebrity status works everywhere.

— Wayne Eden

He was acquitted of murder; case closed. No, he likely won't do the whole five-year sentence in prison. But if you don't know the whole story, then don't pass judgment. After all, judge, and you will be judged.

— Sheila Gettings

I just don't believe Pistorius didn't know that his girlfriend, Reeva Steencamp, was in that bathroom before he shot at the door. She wasn't in the bed with him. Who else would it have been?

— Shirlene Lett

The judge was impartial? Hardly. She obviously was influenced by his celebrity status, instead of handing down a fair and just sentence in Steencamp's murder.

— Camille Olive