I'm Not Really Guilty

By: Anton J.S. Keating Esq.

Narrated by: Anton J.S. Keating

Even though she was still married to her fifth husband, Tina, an ex-prostitute from Las Vegas, rehearsed for her sixth wedding to a wealthy Maryland businessman, Robert Myers. Myers wanted his wife killed. Divorce was too expensive. Tina had proposed a blood vow. "You marry me and take care of my kids, and I'll have your wife murdered for you." He agreed.

This is the true story of the brutal 1979 contract murder of Mary Ruth Myers, the 27-month long investigation of that murder, and the prosecution of the three co-conspirators. It led to the longest murder trial in the history of Maryland. The only plea offer was death in the gas chamber or by lethal injection. After a stunning double-cross by Myers' original attorney, Phillip M. Sutley, Esq., Myers' new attorney, Anton J.S. Keating, Esq. is left to try to salvage a defense and save him from the gas chamber. Myers had actually confessed his guilt to Mr. Keating, so avoiding the death penalty was even more complicated.

Keating shares his insights into the tactics, strategies, thought processes, and personalities of the participants in the Myers case and the criminal justice system in Maryland. In addition, he treats listeners to a glimpse into his own history as a boy growing up in England during and after World War II, and into the lives of his close and colorful family. Finally, through the lens of the sentencing phase of the Myers trial, Keating outlines the history of the death penalty, articulating some of the most poignant and powerful arguments against it.

"The function of the criminal law is to protect the law-abiding - not to satiate societies' lust for revenge," testified Father Meyer Tobey, Chaplain for Maryland death-row inmates. In the end, Anton J.S. Keating, Esq., was himself put on trial, as he suspected he would be from the very beginning.

©2016 Anton J.S. Keating (P)2016 Anton J.S. Keating

Too much info

One - an author really shouldn't narrate their own book.
Two - I purchased the book to read about the case, not to be given a history lesson on the death penalty, or the history of the author's family going back to his grandparents.
Three - I believe there is a time and place for the death penalty. Such as for serial killers and mass murders. otherwise I believe in the possibility of those convicted in becoming productive citizens.
This book could have been four or five stars had a lot of the irreverent stuff been left out.

Book Girl

ABSOLUTELY AWFUL!!!!

Save your money. The story is mediocre but the narration is the worst I have ever heard on an audio book. The author narrates his own slow boring story. His voice is scratchy and not at all modulated. You can hear pages turning, swallowing and he stumbles over his own material. His cockney accent is out of place. Characters from Maryland do not have a cockney accent. The whole thing is unprofessional and ridiculous. I have never wanted a refund before but I should have been paid to listen. I finally couldn't take any more and stopped at the chapter entitled "Bigamy in Bermuda".

Not as advertised: not really a true crime tale

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Unlike the cover and blurb would have you believe, this is not a true crime story. It's more of a diatribe against the death penalty and a poorly-read version of a poorly-written book by one of the lawyers representing the accused (later brought up on charges himself). Completely unenjoyable. Avoid.