In the novel Dead Man Walking, Sister Helen Prejean, was asked to correspond with Pat Sonnier, a man sentenced to die by electric chair for the murder of two teen- agers, which he did not commit. Dead Man Walking, gives a moving account of her spiritual journey as she became knowledgeable...

Dead Man Walking is the story of two Death Row inmates, Patrick Sonnier and Robert Willie, and a nun, Sister Helen Prejean, who befriends them. This story addresses the controversial issue of the death penalty with an intensely personal look at the people involved in their cases. While Sister Prejea...