When Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide -- that's akin to manslaughter - he escaped the more serious charge of intentional murder.
He's facing up to 15 years for his negligence in the shooting death of his girlfriend at his luxury home last year.
But he could have faced life in prison if found guilty of intentionally killing her.
His trial is now over in one courtroom, but in the court of public opinion on the streets of Soweto, some say the South Africa track star got preferential treatment, because - they say - he's rich.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) SOWETO RESIDENT, VULEGZANI MUDAU, SAYING:
"I'm not satisfied, as a South African I'm not. It's like in this world if you've got money everything goes well for you."
(SOUNDBITE) (English) SOWETO RESIDENT, MOGALE MASOMBUKA, SAYING:
"It's not fair for us who are the poorest of the poor, you know because of money Oscar got a lenient sentence. To me, a murder is a murder my friend, either
