The Power of Forgiveness: An Evening with Sr. Helen Prejean
October15,2012,12:00 AM-October30,2012,12:00 AM
An evening with Sr. Helen Prejean
Author of Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States (1993) and The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions (2004).
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, has been instrumental in sparking international dialogue on the death penalty and helping to shape the Catholic Church's opposition to state executions. Since beginning her crusade, Sr. Helen has wirnessed several executions in Louisiana and today educates the public about the death penalty by lecturing, organizing and writing. She continues to counsel inmates on death row.