Sister Helen Prejean is known internationally for her tireless work against the death penalty. She works with the Death Penalty Discourse Network, whose programs include The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project and the Moratorium Campaign.
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Sister Helen Prejean
Things are hopping with the Dead Man Walking Play Project. They've just launched a community site where you'll be able to interact with others who are doing the play or who are interested in the Play Project. We want the Play Project to encourage thoughtful discourse on the death penalty, so this community site is a wo...nderful meeting place for ideas, experiences and reflections.
It's early days for this community web. If you go over there now, you can become one of the first members.
And if you're looking for more information about the Play Project and how to bring it to your school or a school in your area, remember to visit the beautiful new Play Project website (http://www.dmwplay.org).Read More
It's early days for this community web. If you go over there now, you can become one of the first members.
And if you're looking for more information about the Play Project and how to bring it to your school or a school in your area, remember to visit the beautiful new Play Project website (http://www.dmwplay.org).Read More
Source: dmwplay.ning.com
The play project integrates the power of theatre arts and academic study into the national discourse on the death penalty.
Sister Helen Prejean
I talked recently at Marquette University in Wisconsin. They have a well edited version of my speech on their Difference Network - that means you don't have to sit through the whole thing!
Wisconsin hasn't had an execution in 156 years - it was the first state to abolish the death penalty. Of course, people keep talk ab...out reintroducing it. Thanks go to organizations such as the Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty (http://www.nodeathpenaltywi.org) who keep a watchful eye on such activity.Read More
Wisconsin hasn't had an execution in 156 years - it was the first state to abolish the death penalty. Of course, people keep talk ab...out reintroducing it. Thanks go to organizations such as the Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty (http://www.nodeathpenaltywi.org) who keep a watchful eye on such activity.Read More
Source: www.youtube.com
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, received an honorary degree from Marquette University and spoke about her journey as an advocate to abolish the death penalty and the final emotion-charged hours she spent with Sonnier.
Sister Helen Prejean
I got to speak at Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers Center in New York. They do such great work. They're producing a film, The Execution Chronicles, which gives a human face to a murderer and will help people think deeply about the issue. I'm so glad they're doing this. http://www.executionchronicles.org. I speak about this... in a video they recorded (http://www.maryknollsociety.org/index.ph
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Source: www.executionchronicles.org
• The Story Behind the Film • In Depth • The Filmmaker’s Diary • Religious Perspectives • Death Row Diary • Speak Out! • Close Up • Resources
Sister Helen Prejean
I'm very excited about the new website for the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project. It was launched this week. Steven Crimaldi, the Project coordinator, says there are a few tweaks being done to the site. Take a look and give him some feedback - either via the site or on the Play Project's Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dead-Man-W
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Source: www.dmwplay.org
Sister Helen Prejean
At dinner with faculty members of Pacific Lutheran University I learned a new word, used by weather reporters here. It's "sunbreak", which refers to sharp beams of sunlight that suddenly break through the clouds. The intense rays don't last long, but often cause a slowdown in traffic and occasionally an accident becaus...e drivers are squinting and slowing down while they reach around for their sunglasses.Read More
Sister Helen Prejean
I’m back on the road again full swing after a summer of writing. Feels good to be in the current of people again. I think I must have set a record in miles recently: in Seattle on Monday, Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Tuesday, then back in the Seattle Tacoma area Friday, and in New York on Saturday.
I took a photo on my iphon...e of one the magnificent 150 foot tall trees in Seattle. Here’s one of a mysterious tree I’d never seen before with its loopy, long, bottle-brush-looking branches. Anybody know this tree’s name?Read More
I took a photo on my iphon...e of one the magnificent 150 foot tall trees in Seattle. Here’s one of a mysterious tree I’d never seen before with its loopy, long, bottle-brush-looking branches. Anybody know this tree’s name?Read More
Sister Helen Prejean Have you been Shouting from the Rooftops about the murder of an innocent man by the State of Texas? Take up Scalia's challenge and visit http://www.shoutingfromrooftops.org.
Source: www.shoutingfromrooftops.org
In 2006, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that there has not been "a single case - not one - in which it is clear that a person was executed for a crime he did not commit. If such an ...
Sister Helen Prejean Broom is the third man in three years whose execution has been botched by Ohio. This is what Justice Scalia calls "a quiet, enviable death by lethal injection."
Sister Helen Prejean
Talked to Romell Broom's attorney yesterday. Harrowing experience - 18 attempts to insert needles, some hit bone and muscle. Broom has 10-day reprieve, then they'll try again to kill him unless we stop it. Call Gov. Strickland on 614-466-3555. Ask for a moratorium on executions and let him know any more attempts on Bro...om's life will be extending the torture. Strickland should immediately commute Broom's sentence.Read More
Sister Helen Prejean Here is the full AP account of the torture of Romell Broom. It takes strength to read it.
Source: www.google.com
LUCASVILLE, Ohio — Gov. Ted Strickland ordered a weeklong reprieve for a condemned inmate Tuesday after the Ohio execution team had problems finding usable veins for the lethal injection even after the inmate tried to help.
Sister Helen Prejean I can think of only one word for this: torture.
Source: www.nytimes.com
Gov. Ted Strickland ordered a weeklong reprieve for a condemned inmate after the execution team had problems finding his veins during the lethal injection process.
Sister Helen Prejean Late notice! Juan Melendez - 6446 is showing at the World Film Festival in Montreal September 2, 3 and 5. With news this week of yet another innocent on death row (Cameron Willingham, executed for a crime that never happened), Juan's film is timely. I urge you to see it if you have the chance. The link below will let you see a trailer; you can see the film schedule at http://bit.ly/JU46k.
Source: nylatino.bside.com
"Juan Meléndez - 6446" tells the incredible, true story of Juan Meléndez, who was sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. A Puerto Rican migrant farmer raised in New York City, Meléndez was accused of murder in the state of Florida. ...
Sister Helen Prejean
And how many more?
"Mr. Beyler issued a report last week that painted an ugly picture of what passes for expert scientific investigation and testimony in a capital case in Texas... The commission is to be commended for conducting this inquiry, but it is outrageous... that Texas is conducting its careful, highly skilled investigation after Mr. Willingham has been executed, rather than before."
Source: www.nytimes.com
A report on the execution of a Texas man for arson casts doubt on whether the fire was arson at all, and provides shocking evidence of our flawed criminal justice system.
Sister Helen Prejean If you're in the Lacey, WA region, I'll be speaking at 7pm on October 1 at St Martin's University. The event is free and open to the public. You'll find the details by following the link below.
Source: new.aclu-wa.org
Sister Helen Prejean is a renowned advocate for abolition of the death penalty and the author of Dead Man Walking, a moving account of her experiences visiting a death row inmate. This event is cosponsored by the ACLU-WA Thurston County Chapter and St. ...
I wanted to share the following exchange with a woman who has a friend on death row in Texas: Dear Sister Helen, I'm writing you, because I have a big problem with a friend of mine. He's on Texas death row, and is a volunteer for execution...
