Dead Man Walking made her, and her cause, famous.

Roman Catholic Sister Helen Prejean started her prison ministry in 1981. In 1993 she published her book Dead Man Walking, which has since been made into a movie and even an opera.

In this 1993 interview, we learn what motivates, angers, and saddens Sister Helen.

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