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Dead Man Walking

Cover of Dead Man Walking
Helen Prejean

A Catholic nun shares her perspective of our system of capital punishment after she is asked to counsel Patrick Sonnier, a death-row inmate. She writes of her experiences as she gets to know Patrick, including her shock at the brutality of his crime, her sympathy with his pain and her efforts to abolish the death penalty.

Author category: 
Female Author
Date of publication: 
1994