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Sister Helen Prejean

Sister Helen Prejean is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille and lives in Louisiana. She gives on average 140 lectures a year nationwide, seeking to encourage discussion of the death penalty. She is the author of Dead Man Walking. The article in this issue is adapted from her new book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions, to be published by Random House this month. (January 2005)

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