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The world’s most famous living nun on fighting the death penalty for over 40 years, “Dead Man Walking,” faith, compassion for killers, regret, fame, Taylor Swift, opera—and Scotch.

Jake Heggie's opera is based on a memoir about death row and asks uncomfortable questions about America's death penalty.

Its been three decades since Sister Helen Prejean entered the public eye for her memoir "Dead Man Walking," a recounting of her relationship with a death row inmate whose execution

Attorneys with the New Orleans-based Capital Appeal Project made a historic request that morning, filing clemency applications for 51 of the 57 people on the state’s death row.

Attorneys with the New Orleans-based Capital Appeal Project made a historic request that morning, filing clemency applications for 51 of the 57 people on the state’s death row.

In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was living and working in the St. Thomas housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans when a member of the Louisi...