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  2. Dead Man Walking (book) - Wikipedia

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    Dead Man Walking (1993) is a work of non-fiction by Sister Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun and one of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille based in New Orleans. Arising from her work as a spiritual adviser to two convicted murderers on death row , the book is set largely at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) in West Feliciana ...

  3. Helen Prejean - Wikipedia

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    Helen Prejean CSJ (/ p r eɪ ˈ ʒ ɑː n / pray-ZHAHN; [1] born April 21, 1939) is a Catholic religious sister and a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. She is known for her best-selling book, Dead Man Walking (1993), based on her experiences with two convicts on death row for whom she served as spiritual adviser ...

  4. Robert Lee Willie - Wikipedia

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    Sister Prejean wrote a non-fiction book Dead Man Walking (1993) about her encounters with Willie and Elmo Patrick Sonnier, the first convicted murderer for whom she had served as spiritual adviser, and with personnel in the prison system. She explored the effects of holding people on death row and being involved in executions for guards ...

  5. Sister Helen Prejean on Capital Punishment, Justice, and ...

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    This story was immortalized in her 1993 book, Dead Man Walking, which in turn inspired a movie starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon, who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Prejean. Jake ...

  6. Sister Helen Prejean's 'Dead Man Walking' arrives at Met in ...

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    Sister Helen Prejean remembered when she first spoke with Jake Heggie about adapting her bookDead Man Walking.” “I don’t know boo-scat about opera,” she told him. The most-performed ...

  7. Death Row Documentary About Nun Who Inspired ‘Dead Man ...

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    Universal Pictures Content Group and Passion Pictures have wrapped on a new documentary about the nun who inspired 1995 Oscar-winning hit “Dead Man Walking,” Variety can exclusively confirm.

  8. Dead Man Walking (film) - Wikipedia

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    Dead Man Walking is a 1995 American crime drama film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean ... Poncelet asks Sister Helen Prejean, with whom he has corresponded, to help ...

  9. Opinion: I witnessed an execution and regretted it. Now I’m ...

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