
Ivan Henry lived everyone's worst nightmare, spending more than 26 years in a British Columbian prison for a crime he didn't commit. In the first of this special two-part series, reporter Sam Eifling chronicles how Henry's refusal to admit guilt led him to believe that parole was a non-starter; the parole board would want him to show contrition, and for Henry to manufacture it would have been, in his eyes, a crime itself. As Eifling reveals, Henry's "innocent prisoner's dilemma" has affected many more wrongfully convicted individuals across North America. What might be done to amend it is the subject of part two in the series.
In This Series
The Innocence Trap
Refusing to admit to a crime he didn't commit may have cost Ivan Henry huge. First of two.
Fixing Parole for the Wrongfully Convicted
Countless innocents delay their chance at freedom by refusing to admit guilt. Second of two.