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Black and white photograph of Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and Sr. Helen Prejean behind the scenes of the motion picture Dead man walking. Photograph courtesy of ©2001 The Moratorium Campaign

Typed letter from Gloria Loomis to Sr. Helen Prejean. Gloria went on to become Sr. Helen’s agent. This letter is from the very preliminary stages of Sr. Helen developing Dead man walking.

Typed execution warrant for Pat Sonnier, dated March 5 for an execution date of April 5, 1984.

Handwritten letter from Sr. Helen’s friend, author Bill McKibben. He offered suggestions throughout the writing process for Dead man walking, as well providing the initial encouragement for Sr. Helen to write a book about her experiences working…

Typed letter with handwritten underlinging from Fr. Barry Moriarty, C.M. to Dobie Williams, on hearing the news of his impending execution. Fr. Barry was Dobie’s spiritual advisor before Sr. Helen, and he maintained contact with Dobie after he moved…

Black and white photograph of Sr. Helen Prejean with Robert Lee Willie at his Pardon Board Hearing, November 1984.

Front cover of the hardback first edition of Dead man walking.

Front cover of the hardback first edition of the Death of Innocents.

Handwritten letter from Sr. Helen to Dobie Williams around Thanksgiving, 1995.

Typed letter from Sr. Helen to her editor at Random House, Jason Epstein, 1992. Jason’s comments and suggestions helped Sr. Helen immensely in the writing process.