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Q. Why, according to Prejean, is compassion for those facing execution important to some Christians?
Prejean is a Catholic, and she is against the death penalty.
All Christians everywhere have embraced nonviolence.
Christ was executed.
Susan Sarandon says so.
Q. Dead Man Walking is opposed
to the death penalty, but not to life imprisonment.
to life imprisonment, but not to the death penalty.
to life imprisonment and to the death penalty.
to rainy days and Mondays.
Q. What does Prejean feel guilty for in the novel?
Killing a spider.
Working to prevent the execution of Robert Lee Willie.
Stealing chocolates from Pat Sonnier.
Failing to reach out to the families of Pat Sonnier's victims.
Q. How does race affect the justice system in the case of Pat Sonnier and Robert Willie?
Pat and Robert are black; black people are more likely to be executed.
Pat and Robert are white; white people are more likely to be executed.
Pat and Robert's victims were white; murderers are more likely to be executed for killing white people.
Pat and Robert's victims were black; murderers are more likely to be executed for killing black people.
Q. Prejean makes a lot of secular arguments for abolishing the death penalty. Why?
The book was too short, so Prejean had to add extra arguments to make it movie-length.
Prejean doesn't think that there is a good Catholic argument for abolishing the death penalty.
Prejean realizes that her audience will include many non-Catholics, and she wants to convince them, too.
Prejean's work on the death penalty leads her leave the Catholic Church.