Oscar Pistorius should have been convicted of murder instead of manslaughter, prosecutors told a court in South Africa Tuesday in an appeal hearing that could see the disgraced Olympic athlete return to prison.<br />Pistorius leaves after attending his trial high court in Pretoria, South Africa, on April 7, 2014.<br />The 28-year-old star was convicted in 2014 of culpable homicide the equivalent to manslaughter in South African law for fatally shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013.<br />He was sentenced to five years in jail but released under "correctional supervision" or house arrest after only 364 days.<br />Reeva's mother, June, was in court Tuesday to hear state prosecutor Gerrie Nel argue that the original trial judge was mistaken in ruling that Pistorius should not be convicted of murder.<br />"It's up to the law now, it's not going to bring my daughter back," June Steenkamp told reporters.
