The dangers of cell confessions

The dangers of cell confessions

“There’s only one of two ways I’m going to leave jail — dead or as an innocent man.” Justin Plummer, who has spent more than half his life in prison, is only there because he insists that he is an innocent man. If he admitted to the killing, he could have been out years ago. He’s never applied for parole because that would require him to address his “offending behaviour”. Instead, for 26 years, he’s been challenging a conviction for a murder he m