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The Death Penalty

Prejean, Helen, C.S.J. Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States. Vintage Books, 1996.

Prejean, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille, discusses her friendship with Patrick Sonnier and Robert Lee Wilson, Two of Louisiana?s death row inmates, and argues for the abolition of capital punishment.

August 21, 2003December 14, 2012

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