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Helen Prejean

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Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph, is known worldwide for starting a dialogue on the death penalty. After witnessing the electrocution of a condemned man in a Louisiana prison in 1984, Prejean wrote the bestselling Dead Man Walking and set out, through storytelling, to bring citizens close to the hard realities of government killings. Her mission has taken her to every U.S. state and to the Vatican, where her personal entreaties to two popes helped to shape Catholic opposition to the death penalty. When not on the road, this lifelong Louisianan, loves to share Cajun jokes, eat Southern cooking, play spirited card games, and write, exploring her fascination with the Divine spark she believes is in everyone: to seek truth, love ardently, and meet, head on, the suffering world.

Helen Prejean Books

He Called Me Sister book cover

He Called Me Sister

Suzanne Craig Robertson
Love Behind Bars book cover

Love Behind Bars

Jodie Sinclair
River of Fire book cover

River of Fire

Helen Prejean
I Am Troy Davis book cover

I Am Troy Davis

Jen Marlowe
Doing Time book cover

Doing Time

Bell Gale Chevigny
Capital Punishment book cover

Capital Punishment

Billy Wayne Sinclair
Dead Man Walking book cover

Dead Man Walking

Helen Prejean
The Death of Innocents book cover

The Death of Innocents

Helen Prejean
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