Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty

Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
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In 1982,Â Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier,Â the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisianaâ€™s Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnierâ€™s death,Â the Roman Catholic nun came to know a man who was as terrified as he had once been terrifying.Â She alsoÂ came to know the families of the victims and the men whose job it was to executeâ€”men who often harbored doubts about the rightness of what they were doing.
Â Â Â Â Out of that dreadful intimacy comes a profoundly moving spiritual journey through our system of capital punishment.Â Here Sister Helen confrontsÂ both the plight of the condemned and the rage of the bereaved,Â the fears of a society shattered by violence and the Christian imperative of love.Â On its original publication in 1993,Â Dead Man WalkingÂ emerged asÂ an unprecedented look at the human consequences of the death penalty.Â Now, some two decades later,Â thisÂ storyâ€”which has inspired a film, a stage play, an opera and a musical albumâ€”is more gut-wrenching than ever, stirring deep and life-changing reflection in all who encounter it.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780679751311
Color Cream
ReleaseDate 1994-05-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780679751311

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage
Manufacturer	Vintage
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780679751311
Color	Cream
ReleaseDate	1994-05-31
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780679751311

Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate

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