This small-group resource examines Catholic teaching on the death penalty, based on the insights ofSr. Helen Prejean.Sister Helen is a leading advocate for abolition of the death penalty and for elimination of social and economic unfairness in the criminal-justice system. She is also the author ofDead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United StatesandThe Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions.
Created in partnership with theCatholic Mobilizing Network,Dignity and the Death Penaltyhelps participants reflect on the fairness of the criminal justice system, arguments for and against capital punishment, and alternatives to the death sentence.
