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HELEN PREJEAN (pray-ZSAHN)
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The book 'Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States' was published by Random House in 1993.
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HELEN PREJEAN (pray-ZSAHN). Prejean is a Roman Catholic nun. Her book, "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States" (Random House, 1993) details her experience working with death row inmates in Louisiana. It's been made into a new film, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. Prejean has come to believe that the death penalty is not only ineffective as a deterrent, but that the government can't be trusted to decide who should live and who should die. (REBROADCAST from 7
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