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?Dead Man Walking? Nun and Author Sr. Helen Prejean will Appear on Talk Show To Fight For Life

By "Persian Cowboy"

On Friday, June 12th, Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ will appear on the CatholicTV talk show ?This is the Day? as an in-studio guest. Sr. Helen is the author of the book ?Dead Man Walking?, which inspired the film of the same name starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon. This film depicts Sr. Helen?s interactions with a death row inmate. CatholicTV is a nationally-broadcasted television station headquartered near Boston. The broadcast streams live 24 hours a day at CatholicTV.com. On ?This is the Day?, Sr. Helen will discuss the movie and the book ?Dead Man Walking?. Susan Sarandon won an Academy Award for Best Actress in this film. Sr. Helen will also discuss her new book ?The Death of the Innocents?. This new book walks readers through the cases of 2 death row inmates who were ?convicted of murder on flimsy evidence?...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).