America mag – interview with Sr. Helen Prejean – one of my heroes

Yes one of my heroes – I met her last November at a talk she gave at Fairfield University.

Not afraid to speak out on any of the crucial life issues – but has been fighting the death penalty and counseling victims families and those on death row since 1982.

If you go here at America Magazine you can read a short article and hear her interview, which starts 14 minutes into the podcast. 

Sister Helen Prejean has been the face of the anti-death penalty movement for decades. A member of the Congregation of St. Joseph, Sister Helen has been accompanying inmates on death row and lobbying against capital punishment in the United States (and in the church) for decades. She blew up on the national scene for her book Dead Man Walking, which was adapted into an Oscar-winning film