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Sister Helen Prejean

A head and shoulders portrait of Sister Helen Prejean who in 1984, after witnessing a state mandated execution at Angola, began campaigning against capitol punishment. The 1995 Hollywood feature film Dead Man Walking, is based on Prejean’s 1993 memoir of the same name.

Sister Helen Prejean

Courtesy of Sister Helen Prejean

Sister Helen Prejean. Unidentified

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