Why a cold-blooded criminal spared the life of the man that killed his loved one
During a robbery-gone-wrong at Hudson's Bay in Toronto, Glen Flett shot and killed the store's manager. At the time, he felt no remorse for the deceased man. But his mindset changed when a beloved mother figure was killed, and he found himself on the other side of crime.
Hear the story of how a seasoned criminal learned to forgive the man that killed his beloved mother figure
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NOTE: This story was originally published on April 12, 2019. Since then, Glen Flett died at age 69.
During a robbery-gone-wrong at Hudson's Bay in Toronto, Glen Flett shot and killed the store's manager. At the time, he felt no remorse for the deceased man. But his mindset changed when a beloved mother figure was killed, and he found himself on the other side of crime.
This story appears in the Out in the Open episode, "Switching Sides".