Dead Man Walking Resources

Websites

Prejean on the Internet Battling (You Guessed It) The Death Penalty

Here is Sister Helen Prejean's anti-death penalty site, including a biography, news articles, and the texts of some of Prejean's speeches and interviews.

Lots and Lots of Information About Why the Death Penalty Is Bad

The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) is a massive resource of anti-death penalty reports, facts, articles, and more.

Lots and Lots of Information About Why the Death Penalty Is Good

If you want an alternative view, this website provides information and resources for supporters of the death penalty. It also tracks scheduled executions.

National Center for the Victims of Crime

An organization supporting and advocating for victims and victims' rights.

Movie or TV Productions

Susan Sarandon Does Not In Fact Look Much Like Sister Helen Prejean

But that's Hollywood, huh? The 1995 movie starred Sarandon and Sean Penn, and Sarandon won the Best Actress Oscar.

Articles and Interviews

"Sometimes the prisoner catches fire…"

Here's a positive 1993 review of the book from the LA Times.

No One Like Sean Penn… and This is Good

And Here's a positive 1995 review of the movie from the New York Times.

"The place of us is to be… with those on the margins."

You want a long interview with Sister Helen Prejean on the death penalty? Look no further than this baby, from 2013.

Video

"He Is An Unfeeling, Perverse, Misfit, and It is Time"

The trailer for the 1995 film.

"David Keaton Did Not Do It"

Rachel Maddow discusses the state of the death penalty in 2013 and interviews Sister Helen Prejean.

"It's About a Nun Who Got In Over Her Head"

Sister Helen Prejean Speaks on the Death Penalty at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum.

Audio

"I Watch What I Do to See What I Really Believe"

A 2008 NPR commentary by Sister Helen Prejean.

Images

The Death of Innocents

Here's an NPR report on Prejean's 2005 book The Death of Innocents, about two men she believes were wrongly executed.

Elmo Patrick Sonnier

A picture of the first death row inmate Prejean worked with.

Robert Lee Willie

A picture of the second death row inmate Prejean worked with.

Angola Prison

It's the cheery Louisiana prison where Prejean advised Sonnier and Willie.