After running out of alternatives, Mel, 22, leaves her 3 and 6 year-old children alone in her apartment for the night in order to meet the man she loves. Her recklessness, however, will bear tragic consequences.

In 1999, Richard Condo, a man with an already extensive criminal record, was arrested in Ottawa and charged with a slew of criminal charges which event ally resulted in a Dangerous Offender Application under the Criminal Code of Canada, Section 753. After having been found NOT to be a Dangerous Offender, Richard Condo was given an 8-year prison sentence to be followed by a 10-year supervision order as a long term offender, Section 753.2. At his release from prison in July of 2006, Richard Condo faced extensive media coverage and with the many adversities, stigmas and stereotypes associated with his past, he had to deal with a system that labeled him a certain failure. Inspired by true events, it is the story of a man given a second chance at life and how he responded to the adversities thrown at him to answer the ultimate question: Is there redemption for such a man?

After losing a loved one, Simone decides to volunteer in a hospital and spends her days with terminally ill patients. However, other parts of her life soon begin to suffer as well.