Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking

Sister Helen Prejean is against the death penalty and wrote Dead Man Walking to support her viewpoints on the death penalty; however, within the film her viewpoints on the issue appear to be neutral or unclear. There are particular elements within the book that Sister Helen embodies, which are not portrayed clearly within the film version of herself. Sister Helen, in the book depicts herself as confident, knowledgeable, credible individual about the penal system and the injustice within it. Possessing these attributes creates leadership skills and courage, which fuels her to stand by her views on the death penalty, and save the lives of the inmates on death row. Sister Helen Prejean believes life in prison or abolishing the death penalty is