

Dead Man Walking
The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
Author: Helen Prejean
Narrator: Helen Prejean
Unabridged: 13 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 05/21/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Social Science, Criminology, Biography & Autobiography, Religious Nonfiction, Law, Criminal Law
Synopsis
Out of that dreadful intimacy comes a profoundly moving spiritual journey through our system of capital punishment. Here Sister Helen confronts both the plight of the condemned and the rage of the bereaved, the fears of a society shattered by violence and the Christian imperative of love. On its original publication in 1993, Dead Man Walking emerged as an unprecedented look at the human consequences of the death penalty. Now, some two decades later, this story—which has inspired a film, a stage play, an opera and a musical album—is more gut-wrenching than ever, stirring deep and life-changing reflection in all who encounter it.
Read by the author, Helen Prejean
Preface written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and read by Dominic Hoffman
Afterwords written and read by Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins