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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty In The United Statesby Helen Prejean2nd Printing
Book description: New York, New York, U.S.A: Vintage, 1996. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. VG. No Jacket; Binding VG-, Minor edge & shelf wear. Several page corners & pages folded over. Corners bumped. 2nd Printing IP as of 12/05/07 Personal Name: Prejean, Helen. Main Title: Dead man walking : an eyewitness account of the death penalty in the United States / Helen Prejean. Edition Information: 1st Vintage Books ed. Published/Created: New York : Vintage Books, 1994. Description: xi, 276 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN: : Notes: Includes bibliographicale references (p. 246-268) and index. Subjects: Capital punishment--United States. Capital punishment--Religious aspects. Synopsis When Helen Prejean is invited to write to a prisoner on Death Row who brutally killed two teenagers, she has little idea how much it will change her life. Although she abhors his crime, she befriends one man as he faces the electric chair. Dead Man Walking is Helen Prejean's gripping true story, which formed the basis for a major motion picture event. As powerful an indictment of the death penalty as has ever been written, her book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Annotation In 1982, a Roman Catholic nun became the spiritual advisor to a condemned murderer who was soon executed. Powerfully and persuasively, with a compassion that embraces not only the terrified killer but the families of his victims and the men who executed him, Prejean narrates Patrick Sonnier's walk to the electric chair.
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