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Nam Nguyen, a playwright from Ontario, came out on top in the Jeopardy! episode that aired on Monday, April 22, beating reigning champ Marko Saric as well as challenger Elly Trickett.

The first-ever use of nitrogen gas by Alabama to kill Kenneth Smith shows why the U.S. must end these futile, costly, deeply flawed government killings, says Sister Helen Prejean.

The fight over Louisiana’s death row involves the state’s current governor John Bel Edwards, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeff Landry and Sister Helen Prejean. What did Sister Helen Prejean do?

The fight over Louisiana’s death row involves the state’s current governor John Bel Edwards, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeff Landry and Sister Helen Prejean. What did Sister Helen Prejean do?

The University of Oregon’s Prison Education Program will host a talk by Sister Helen Prejean, author of “Dead Man Walking,” on Thursday, May 11, at 7 p.m. in Room 282, Lillis Hall.A longtime advocate for the poor and disenfranchised, Prejean is an in

The Prison Education Program will host a virtual talk with the author and advocate May 11

Among the personal archives of Sister Helen Prejean housed in DePaul’s John T. Richardson Library is an essay from the late Robert Lee Willie reading, “I will die in prison without question, so those of you who have knowledge and ability to exist outside these confines need ponder what is to be done out there.”...

Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.  At 83, she is writing her fourth book while directing her advocacy organization, Ministry Against the Death Penalty, in New Orleans. 

Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty. At 83, she is writing her fourth book while directing her advocacy organization, Ministry Against the Death Penalty, in New Orleans.

Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.