Im not going to go into details on the case due to it;s gruesome nature, but essentially Debbie Warsing was tortures for hours by her step-son, Kristian Lee Warsing, and then murdered her two children. (you can read more about the case here)
However, years later, Kristian tried to meet with Debra, and apologize.
At first she was hesitant, but eventually she gave in and met her. When meeting him, Debbie found out that she was suffering from a mental illness at the time, and was depressed at the thought of his parents marriage falling apart, and killed the children to try and save them from that pain.
While that is no where close to an excuse for the acts that were committed on that day, Kristian is not medicated for his mental illness and wanted to apologize to his step-mother directly.
Debbie felt that he was truly sorry, and did one of the hardest things imaginable in her situation. she forgave him.
Today Kristian is trying to reintegrate himself into society and saving to go to university. However, without the chance to at least apologize for his actions, and show that he is truly sorry for what he has done, he may have had to spent the rest of his life in prison, and coming out possibly worse than he went in.
Here You can see debbie talk about the traumatic events and what their situation is like now.
Sources:
http://curio.ca.library.sheridanc.on.ca/en/restorative-justice-capacity-for-forgiveness/s/1054/
http://www.thefreepress.ca/news/185247972.html
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