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Essay Archive - Dead Man Walking
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.
Sister Helen Preje, the Catholic nun, appeared to be a genuinely
concerned person who took a real interest in the condemned prisoner. She came
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