Killing Time

An 18-year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom

By: John Hollway, Ronald M. Gauthier

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

The wrongful conviction of an innocent death row inmate and his fight for exoneration

In 1984, John Thompson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a prominent white man in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was sent to Angola Prison and confined to his cell for 23 hours a day. However, Thompson adamantly proclaimed his innocence and just needed lawyers who believed that his trial had been mishandled and would step up to the plate against the powerful DA’s office. But who would fight for Thompson’s innocence when he didn’t have an alibi for the night of the murder and there were two key witnesses to confirm his guilt?

Killing Time is about the 18-year quest for Thompson’s freedom from a wrongful murder conviction. After Philadelphia lawyers Michael Banks and Gordon Cooney take on his case, they struggle to find areas of misconduct in his previous trials while grappling with their questions about Thompson’s innocence. John Hollway and Ronald M. Gauthier have interviewed Thompson and the lawyers, and paint a realistic and compelling portrait of life on death row and the corruption in the Louisiana police and DA’s office. When it is found that evidence was mishandled in a previous trial that led to his death sentence in the murder case, Thompson is finally on his road to freedom - a journey that continues with his suit against Harry Connick, Sr. and the New Orleans DA’s office to this day.

©2010 John Hollway and Ronald M. Gauthier (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Excellent

Really loved this book. Sad that it’s true but so happy for a good ending.

Incredible Story

This story, including its performance, were of great value to me. It gives a window into the pitfalls of the American Justice system—a system I have reverence for, but also a system that has a lot of problems. John is an inspiration to anyone in the virtues of perseverance, integrity, and strength. His incredible humanity is omnipotent.

Killing Time

This book is a very interesting true story. I had a hard time having to stop reading it. It is very educational abs pulled at my heart strings. I will keep John in my prayers.

Riveting true story! I felt as if I were in the

courtroom, and the prisons. Spectacular work by the author and narrator, and John. Repeat read.

compelling composition of a tragic story

The story is a disappointing one. However, the authors do a great job of telling.