Sister Helen Prejean is a Roman Catholic nun and author of Dead Man Walking, an account of her ministry with death row inmates in Louisiana’s Angola State Prison that was turned into an Oscar-winning film in 1996. Her most recent book is The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions. Prejean, whose office is in New Orleans, is one of the most popular and outspoken opponents of the death penalty.
| Website | http://www.sisterhelen.org |
| Email address | hprejean@sisterhelen.org |
| Phone number | 504-948-6557 |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices, Crime & punishment, Ethics, Government & politics, Law & courts |
| Locations | Louisiana, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Faiths | Catholicism, Christianity |
| Languages | English |