Dead Man Walking True or False

1. Why, according to Prejean, is compassion for those facing execution important to some Christians? -> Prejean is a Catholic, and she is against the death penalty.
2. Dead Man Walking is opposed -> to the death penalty, but not to life imprisonment.
3. What does Prejean feel guilty for in the novel? -> Failing to reach out to the families of Pat Sonnier's victims.
4. How does race affect the justice system in the case of Pat Sonnier and Robert Willie? -> Pat and Robert's victims were white; murderers are more likely to be executed for killing white people.
5. Prejean makes a lot of secular arguments for abolishing the death penalty. Why? -> The book was too short, so Prejean had to add extra arguments to make it movie-length.

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