mr. echols and two other men don't have the west memphis three spent 17 years in prison. mr. echols discusses the case and his time spent on death row in seattle. it's about one hour and ten minutes. [applause] thank you for coming out tonight. damien, thank you for coming to seattle. >> thank you for having me. you have been through something that i think very -- not that many people have been through a sort of grind that feels like it might never end, and you wonder if we will run into the next and of course the media has been on the book life after eath what is more mundane, prison or during the def tour? >> in some ways the book tour is actually a little more stressful at least when you are in prison you are not being scared out by 400 people. [laughter] >> can i get a show of hands how many people know about damien's story because of the film? >> i was surprised to reading your book that when the producers showed up, they were not there to show a movie about how wrongfully convicted, that is something that they figured out while they were shooting a movie about what they

mr. echols discusses the case and his time spent on death row at town hall seattle. it's about an hour, ten. [applause] >> um, thank you guys for coming out tonight. damien, thank you very much for coming all the way to seattle. >> thank you for having me. >> um, you have been through something that i think not that many people have been through, a sort of grind that feels like it might never end and sort of you wonder if one day will just run into the next. and i speak, of course, of the media tour you've been on for this book. [laughter] "life after death." what is more mundane, prison or doing a book tour? [laughter] >> in some ways the book tour's actually a little more stressful. [laughter] at least when you're in prison, you're not being stared at by 400 people. [laughter] >> um, can i just get a show of hands, how many people know about damien's story because of the paradise lost films? i was really, i was surprised to read in your book that when those hbo producers showed up, they weren't there to shoot a movie about how three men were -- or boys at that time