In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was the spiritual advisor to the convicted murderer of a teenage couple.  Dead Man Walking is her moving account of their incredible emotional journey while preparing for his execution in Louisiana, USA.  As a best-selling novel it remained at number 1 in the New York Times Best Seller Lists for 31 weeks, and as a film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn it won an Oscar and earned several other nominations.

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