Background
Prejean, Sister Helen Theresa was born on April 21, 1939 in Baton Rouge. Daughter of Louis Sebastian and Gusta Mae (Bourg) Prejean.
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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States 1st edition by Prejean, Helen (1993) Hardcover
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{ DEAD MAN WALKING: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE UNITED STATES DEAD MAN WALKING: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE UNITED STATES BY PREJEAN, HELEN ( AUTHOR )MAY-31-1994 PAPERBACK } Prejean, Helen ( AUTHOR ) May-
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Dead Man Walking : An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States
(Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean. Vintage Books,1993)
Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean. Vintage Books,1993
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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States
(In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual adviso...)
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana's Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier's death, the Roman Catholic nun came to know a man who was as terrified as he had once been terrifying. At the same time, she came to know the families of the victims and the men whose job it was to execute him--men who often harbored doubts about the rightness of what they were doing. Out of that dreadful intimacy comes a profoundly moving spiritual journey through our system of capital punishment. Confronting both the plight of the condemned and the rage of the bereaved, the needs of a crime-ridden society and the Christian imperative of love, Dead Man Walking is an unprecedented look at the human consequences of the death penalty, a book that is both enlightening and devastating. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States by Helen Prejean (9-Apr-1996) Paperback
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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty In The United States 1st Vintage Books ed edition
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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty In The United States 1st (first) edition
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The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions
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Sister Helen Theresa Prejean
Edit Profilehuman rights advocate lecturer writer
Education
Bachelor in English, St. Mary's Dominican College, 1962. Master of Arts in Religious Education, St. Paul's University, 1973. More than 30, honorary degrees.
Career
Teacher St. Frances Cabrini School, New Orleans, 1962-1966. Director religious education St. Frances Cabrini Parish, 1968-1975. Director novices Sisters St. Joseph Medaille, 1975-1981.
Teacher Hope House Adult Learning Center, 1981-1984. Chairman board National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, since 1993. Spiritual advisor to death row inmates and murder victims' families, since 1982.
Achievements
Works
book
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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States
(In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual adviso...)
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Dead Man Walking : An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States
(Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean. Vintage Books,1993)
- Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States 1st edition by Prejean, Helen (1993) Hardcover
- { DEAD MAN WALKING: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE UNITED STATES DEAD MAN WALKING: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE UNITED STATES BY PREJEAN, HELEN ( AUTHOR )MAY-31-1994 PAPERBACK } Prejean, Helen ( AUTHOR ) May-
- Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States by Helen Prejean (9-Apr-1996) Paperback
- Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty In The United States 1st Vintage Books ed edition
- Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty In The United States 1st (first) edition
- The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions
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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States
Connections
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Born
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Nationality
American
Education
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1962
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1973
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Career
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1962 - 1966
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1968 - 1975
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1975 - 1981
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1981 - 1984
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1993
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Recipient Sanctity of Life award Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1990, Abolitionist award National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, 1992, Champion of Liberty award National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1994, Ben Smith award, American Civil Liberties Union New Orleans, 1998, Bishop Dingman Peace award Catholic Peace Ministry, Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, Harry F. Fagan Roundtable award, 2001, Ut Diligatis Invicem award Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania, 2002, Cardinal Suenens award John Carroll University, 2004, Death Penalty Focus award, 2005. Named among America's 20 Most Confident Women, McCalls magazine, 1993, dozens of other awards. Life and work profiled by New York Times Magazine, 1993.Recipient Sanctity of Life award Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1990, Abolitionist award National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, 1992, Champion of Liberty award National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1994, Ben Smith award, American Civil Liberties Union New Orleans, 1998, Bishop Dingman Peace award Catholic Peace Ministry, Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, Harry F. Fagan Roundtable award, 2001, Ut Diligatis Invicem award Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania, 2002, Cardinal Suenens award John Carroll University, 2004, Death Penalty Focus award, 2005. Named among America's 20 Most Confident Women, McCalls magazine, 1993, dozens of other awards. Life and work profiled by New York Times Magazine, 1993.