1,800 Years: The Christopher Bennett Case
July 25, 2003. Craigsville, Virginia. 18-year-old Christopher Bennett enters a house, raises a gun, and leaves a man dead. He claims he caught his mother’s boyfriend molesting his 6-year-old sister. The state charged him with capital murder. He took a plea and received 1,800 years in prison.
Host Alexander Lawson examines the killing, the extraordinary sentence, the family’s claim that Bennett is a hero, and the questions that still divide everyone who hears this story.
Listener discretion advised: This episode discusses allegations of child sexual abuse and violence.
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