What the attorney thinks - Christopher Bennette

What the attorney thinks - Christopher Bennette

From One Minute Remaining - Stories from the inmates by Jack Laurence

August 26, 2026 · 33 min · Season 56 · Episode 8

About this episode

Jack Laurence interviews Christopher Bennett about his life, the crime he committed, and the circumstances surrounding it.

In the summer of 2003, in the small Virginia town of Craigsville, an 18 year old boy shot and killed the man the town knew as a former rescue squad captain and a pillar of the community. Christopher Bennett never denied it. He confessed, took a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, and was handed three consecutive life sentences totalling 1,800 years. But behind that front door, Chris and his siblings say, was a man the town never saw. Years of abuse. Children told to pray for help that never came. And a report of what was happening to his little sisters, made just one day before the shooting. Over this series, Jack chats with Chris from inside Buckingham Correctional Center about his childhood, that night, the sentence designed to outlive him, and a family still fighting to bring him home. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This series contains discussion of child sexual abuse, physical abuse and domestic violence. If you or someone you know needs support, help is available. Australia 1800RESPECT…

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Host: Jack Laurence

Guest: Christopher Bennett

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Organizations: Buckingham Correctional Center

Places: Virginia, Craigsville

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