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Dead Man Walking

film by Robbins [1995]
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The film Dead Man Walking (1995), directed by Tim Robbins, is an adaptation of Sister Helen Prejean's book of the same name. The movie, starring Susan Sarandon as Prejean and Sean Penn as a death row inmate, brought increased public attention to the morality of the death penalty. Prejean, a Catholic nun, became a prominent advocate against capital punishment, serving as a spiritual advisor to death row inmates and working with victims' families. The film's release in January 1996 significantly invigorated public discourse on the death penalty.12

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  1. Death Penalty - January 12, 1996: Release of the Film Dead Man Walking Invigorates Death Penalty Debate
  2. Sister Helen Prejean

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