Dead Man Walking The motion picture Dead Man Walking provided a non-fiction insight into the world of crime, justice, and capital punishment. The film cast several characters from different backgrounds and opinion sets in direct conflict with one another. Several small topics and one major topic, capital punishment, were explored over the duration of the movie. While the opinions and reactions of people to Dead Man Walking may vary, the one constant is that people will have a reaction
The perception of Justice being in the form that directly punishes the criminal is challenged by the approach of Restorative Justice, especially in the film Dead Man Walking. Throughout the duration of the film, the focus of Restorative Justice is demonstrated through the willingness of Sister Helen Prejean and her determination to assist a criminal on his path to redemption. The film challenges this approach of criminal justice and offers the greater and fairer one of Restorative Justice. Dead Man
that deals with one of our nations most controversial issues: capital punishment. The books narrator, Sister Helen Prejean, discusses her personal views on capital punishment. She was a spiritual advisor and friend to two death row inmates; Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie. From her experiences, she developed views on the death penalty. She believed it was morally wrong and spoke openly about it. Sister Helen successfully defends her views on capital punishment while stating that capital
Many Americans get sentenced to the death penalty, some committing the crime others falsely accused. Capital punishment isn’t legal in all states, but is legal in thirty-two out of the fifty states. In the essay “Death Trip” by Robert Sherrill, covers topics that he feels are important to the people being sentenced to the death penalty. Sherrill starts off by describing his execution it reinforces how inhumane a false death penalty can be. “When Jesse Joseph Tafero was electrocuted in 1990, witnesses
The film is based on the book, of the same name, by Sister Helen Prejean. Sister Prejean became a spiritual advisor for criminals on death row and is now known for her strong stance against the death penalty. Two such convicted murderers, Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Robert Willie, are combined into one role, Matthew Poncelet, for this film. The beginning of the film shows Sister Prejean, played by Susan Sarandon, corresponding through the mail with convicted murderer Matthew Poncelet, played by Sean