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DESCRIPTION:Sister Helen Prejean\nAuthor of Dead Man Walking and The Death of 
 Innocents\nLeading death penalty abolitionist\n\nDead Man Walking: The 
 Continuing Effort to Abolish the Death Penalty\n\n"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." ~ Sister Helen 
 Prejean\n\nFor over twenty years, Sister Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic 
 nun, has worked to educate the public about the death penalty. She has been 
 spiritual adviser to eight death row inmates, turning her experience 
 visiting one into the best-selling book Dead Man Walking. In 1995, the book 
 was made into a film starring Susan Sarandon, winning the actress an Oscar 
 for her performance.  \n\n$10 to $20 suggested donation.  Sponsored by 
 Peninsula Peace and Justice Center.\n\n"I'm more of a storyteller than a 
 lecturer. So I bring people with me, in my experience -- somebody who knew 
 nothing about the death penalty, who got involved with poor people in New 
 Orleans and started writing to somebody on death row. Two and a half years 
 later I am witnessing as the state of Louisiana pumps 1900 volts of 
 electricity through his body and kills him. And I walk out of that 
 execution chamber and I'm never the same again. And the realization that 
 came to me was that people are never going to see this. Executions are a 
 secret ritual, so people don't have any close-up experience and they never 
 will. I help people navigate across the poles and I give them a few 
 pertinent facts about how the death penalty is actually practiced." ~ 
 Sister Helen Prejean\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/11/03/18548765.php
SUMMARY:Sister Helen Prejean, Author of Dead Man Walking
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\n1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto \n(Wheelchair 
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/11/03/18548765.php
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