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South African schools use Pistorius trial to teach legal principles

Pretoria, South Africa: Live television broadcasts of the murder trial of South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius have taken the dramatic case into living rooms around the world — and into classrooms in his home country.

When Faith Kholofelo took her exams in June she faced a question about the trial — one of many students being taught legal principles through the courtroom lens.

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