DEAD MAN WALKING
The Eyewitnes:
Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a
tonal Debate
Sister Helen Prejean
WITH A NEW PFE E BY ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTL
AND NEW AFTERWORDS BY SISTER HELEN PREJEAN,
SUSAN SARANDON, AND TIM ROBBINS
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiri-
tual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, convicted of the
murder of two teenagers and sentenced to die
in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State
Prison. Dead Man Walking is the story of what
she discovers in the course of her experiences
with Sonnier and other condemned men about
the death penalty and the moral taint it casts
upon our society.
“(Sister Helen Prejean] adeptly probes the mo-
rality of a judicial system and a country that
kills its citizens.” | —SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
“An urgent and elaborate moral argument
against the death penalty. ... An intimate medi-
tation on crime and punishment, life and death,
-LOS ANGELES TIMES
justice and mercy.”
“An immensely moving affirmation of the pow-
er of religious vocation. ... Stunning moral clar-
ity ...a profound argument against capital pun-
ishment.” WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
#1 National Bestseller
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The Eyewitness Account of the Death
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For information about how to bring Dead Man Walking into your classroom and community,
and about how to use Sister Helen Prejean’s personal archives from over 30 years of journals,
letters, speeches, and artifacts, please contact Rachael Hudak at rachael@,
sterhelen.org.
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