"'Dead Man Walking' nun: 'Botched' executions unmask a botched system," is by Moni Basu of CNN. This lengthy article is a must-read.
Prejean has witnessed five other executions since that day. She's written two books: "Dead Man Walking" was turned into a movie starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn; "The Death of Innocents" focuses on two men she believes were wrongly executed. She is working on a third book now, a spiritual memoir called "River of Fire."
"Dead Man Walking" sparked a national debate on the death penalty at a time when executions were more common than they are now. Since 1976, America has put to death 1,385 people.
She travels around the world, lecturing on capital punishment -- she savors airplanes as her cloister, where no one can get to her. She often attends performances of the play "Dead Man Walking," written by Tim Robbins for student actors and audiences. It is intended to make a new generation of Americans ponder the death penalty.
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