Death Penalty
“Dead Man Walking”
Video of the 1996 movie in which Best Actress Academy Award winner Susan
Sarandon plays Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, as Helen becomes spiritual
advisor to death-row inmate Matthew Poncelot. This documents Sister
Helen’s beginnings as the country’s leading opponent to the death
penalty. A must-see video. (122 minutes)
“Deadline”
This NBC documentary chronicles Republican Governor George Ryan’s
blanket clemency, in January 2003, to all 167 people on death row in
Illinois, commuting their sentences to life without parole. With
astounding access to special clemency hearings, the death row prisoners,
exonerated men and Governor Ryan himself, directors Katy Chevigny and
Kirsten Johnson brings the viewer directly into the emotional and legal
storm surrounding Ryan’s extraordinary decision.
(90 minutes)
“Talking About the Death Penalty”
Produced by the Indiana Catholic Conference, this video explains the
Catholic Church’s position on the death penalty and encourages dialogue
on and opposition to the death penalty, in particular on the part of
Catholics in Indiana. (Accompanying fact sheet, 12 minutes)
“The Death Penalty”
Why Catholics should be concerned about the death penalty. How does it fit
with Catholic teaching on abortion and assisted suicide? Can we sustain a
consistent “ethic of life” as a church community? Videotape guests
include Rev. John Langan, SJ, Rose Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics,
Georgetown University; Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of Dead Man
Walking; and Robert McDonnell, Virginia Beach delegate to the Virginia
State Assembly. Studio guests include Bud Welch, Murder Victim’s
Families for Reconciliation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Dr. Jude P.
Dougherty, dean, School of Philosophy, The Catholic University of America.
Produced by the Catholic Common Ground Initiative; discussion guide
included. (28 minutes)
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