Oscar Pistorius, Track Star Turned Convicted Murderer, Set to Leave Jail

Oscar Pistorius’ life story from before and after Valentine’s Day 2013 reads like the script to two markedly different films—the first an inspirational sporting biopic and the second a grim tale of murder. In the first he was the “Blade Runner,” the multiple Paralympic gold medalist with carbon-fiber prosthetic legs who became the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics when he represented South Africa at the 2012 London Games. In the second he was the man convicted of murdering his 29-year-old girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp—a model and promising law graduate—by shooting her through the door of a bathroom in his Pretoria home....