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Death penalty abolition advocate

Helen PrejeanCSJ (pray-ZHAHN;^[1] born April 21, ) is a Catholicreligious sister and a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty.

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She is known for her best-selling book, Dead Man Walking (), based on her experiences with two convicts on death row for whom she served as spiritual adviser before their executions. In her book, she explored the effects of the death penalty on everyone involved.

The book was adapted as a film of the same name, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. It was also adapted as an opera by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally, first produced in by the San Francisco Opera.

Prejean served as the National Chairperson of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty from to She helped establish The Moratorium Campaign, seeking an end to executions and conducting education on the death penalty.

Prejean also founded the groups SURVIVE to help families of victims of murder a