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"Dead Man Walking," directed by Tim Robbins, is a gripping drama that delves into the emotional and moral complexities surrounding the death penalty. The fil...
- 4 min
- 118
- Dox.05
- Helen Prejean
- 1993
- “In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain: if I were to be murdered I would not want my murderer executed.
- “There are spaces of sorrow only God can touch.” ― Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate.
- “I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice.” ― Sister Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate.
- “no government is ever innocent enough or wise enough or just enough to lay claim to so absolute a power as death. (p. 21)” ― Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate.
- If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well.
- people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives. Helen Prejean. People, Done, Worst.
- I saw the suffering and I let myself feel it… I saw the injustice and was compelled to do something about it. I changed from being a nun who only prayed for the suffering world to a woman with my sleeves rolled up, living my prayer.
- In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain: if I were to be murdered I would not want my murderer executed.
Dead Man Walking Superbly adapted and directed by Tim Robbins from the nonfiction book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean, this spiritually enlightened drama is too intelligent to traffic in polemics or self-righteous pontifications against the death penalty.
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As Prejean begins her work on death row, readers are confronted with the harsh realities of life in the prison system and the dehumanizing effects of the death penalty. Through her vivid descriptions, she exposes the flaws and injustices of capital punishment, highlighting the racial and socioeconomic disparities that often determine who ...
Dead Man Walking: Directed by Tim Robbins. With Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry. A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
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(2.82) This is a quote from philosopher Albert Camus. He's arguing that the death penalty turns a person into a thing or an object. Taking away freedom to live is the same as taking away a person's humanity; if you're not alive, you're just a brick or a clod.
