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The Homestretch | Feb 20, 2013 | 6:52

Oscar Pistorius

The story surrounding the murder charge against the South African paralympian is currently trending worldwide on the social media site Twitter. Doug Dirks talks to Cochrane paralympic athlete Earle Connor about the situation. He has trained with Oscar Pistorius.

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