Sister Helen Prejean, longtime Catholic nun and death penalty abolitionist,  has urged Governor Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences of all death row prisoners in the state. The appeal comes six years after Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and nearly twenty years since California last carried one out. The appeal also comes on the heels of the 25th anniversy of the opera adaptation of Dead Man Walking, based on Prejean’s book recounting her work with death row inmates, performing now at the San Francisco Opera https://www.sfopera.com/operas/dead-man-walking/

There will be a series of events in San Francisco Sept 10-12 featuring Sister Helen Prejean free and open to all!

Wednesday, September 10 at 7:00pm

Panel discussion

Sydney Goldstein Theater (275 Hayes Street, San Francisco)

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Thursday, September 11, 1:30-3:30 pm, press conference 2 pm

Organized by California Anti-Death Penalty Coalition

SF City Hall (1 Goodlett Pl, SF)

Advocates will stage a visualization representing the 565 people sentenced to death in California and urge Governor Newsom to commute all death sentences now.

Free, no rsvp required

Friday, September 12, 2:00-6:00pm

2pm Film: Dead Man Walking — R, 122 mins., 1995. CC in English

Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Public Library’s Main Branch (100 Larkin Street, San Francisco)

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Free admission – no rsvp required

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