2024-07-08
45 分钟When Sister Helen Prejean agreed to write to a convicted murderer on Louisiana’s death row in 1982, she had no idea what was coming. She would end up becoming his spiritual advisor, eventually accompanying him to his execution two years later. The experience changed her profoundly. She wrote a book about what she'd witnessed on death row, Dead Man Walking, which was turned into a major Hollywood movie in 1995. Forty years later, she has witnessed six more state executions - and is still tirelessly fighting to end them. Presenter: Jo Fidgen Producer: Zoe Gelber Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784
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It was the first time I had ever addressed an envelope on a letter that gave us the address Death Row.
And I wrote him a letter.
We don't know each other yet, but I'd love to be a pen pal and write letters to you.
I can't send you money, but I can be your friend.
When Sister Helen Prejean agreed to correspond with a convicted murderer on death row in Louisiana, she didn't know what she was letting herself in for.
And right away, boy, the letter came back.
Well, I'm a Catholic and you're a nun.
Would you be my spiritual advisor?
And I said yes.
I fill out the form.
Spiritual advisor.
What she witnessed behind some of the most heavily guarded doors in the United States turned her life upside down.
I had no idea.
By filling out that form in about two years time, he's going to be electrocuted to death.