Fighting Time

By: Amy Banks, Isaac Knapper

Narrated by: Beresford Bennett, Christina Moore

The evening of April 12, 1979, was clear and warm. Unaware of the danger lurking on the periphery of the French Quarter, Drs. Ronald Banks and John Hakola made a tragic decision - to walk the few blocks from the historic district to the Hyatt Regency. Inches from the safety of their hotel entrance, they were accosted by two young men - a scuffle ensued, a shot fired, Dr. Banks lay dead on the sidewalk. Fighting Time tells the story of what happened next - hours, days, weeks, and years after those horrible seconds.

Isaac Knapper, a 16-year-old boy from a nearby housing project was wrongfully convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola. As the time passed, Amy, Dr. Banks’ middle daughter and now a psychiatrist and trauma specialist, realized it was time to unpack her own family trauma. When Isaac was exonerated and released from prison, Amy traveled to New Orleans to meet the man wrongfully convicted of killing their father. Fighting Time is the powerful true story of two families whose lives became entangled in a moment of trauma and is told with empathy, vulnerability, and grace.

©2021 Amy Banks and Isaac Knapper (P)2021 Recorded Books

Heard About this Book from Proof Podcast, so Glad I Did!

This was fantastic. If I could do my life over, I would go to law school and be like Lori. All of the injustice people suffer every day as a result of an unfair "justice system" is so infuriating. The detectives, D.A., judge, jury, etc., no one cared about the truth. They just wanted to get it all over with & as long as black kids went away, that's all that mattered.

great comeback

the system we still live in. black injustice being uncovered & no accountability

Love this - love the tag teaming

So glad I heard Amy speak on the Proof crime pod. I stopped the podcast to listen to Fighting Time and am so glad I did!

From Heartbreak to Healing

Great listen! Conduit to deep healing from the varied losses we all encounter in life! Hopeful! Fantastic storytellers! Highly recommend!