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

Sister Helen Prejean with actor Sean Penn as Matthew Poncelet on the set of Dead Man Walking, 1995.

Pilgrimage for Life march, 1986. Sister Helen is third from the right in the crowd of marchers. Walkers enter New Orleans near the end of a 280 mile trek opposing capital punishment.

Framed drawing presented to Sr. Helen Prejean by the Chicago Committee to defend the Bill of Rights and Bill of Rights Foundation. A typewritten note taped to the back of the framed drawing reads as follows. "From Death of Innocents, pg. 25: But…

Poster from Clifton High School, participants in the Dead Man Walking Play Project

Letter from Pat Sonnier, the first death row inmate for whom Sr. Helen acted as spiritual advisor. They wrote to each other frequently from 1982 until was electrocuted on April 5, 1984. Pat enjoyed drawing, and often illustrated his letters to Sr.…

Black and white photograph of Vernon Harvey (lower right with outstretched hands), the father of murdered teenager Faith Hathaway, confronting Sr. Helen Prejean (on left with back to camera) after completing the 280 mile walk for the Pilgrimage for…

Handwritten letter from Robert Lee Willie to Sr. Helen Prejean, dated about ten days before his execution.

Handwritten letter from Robert Lee Willie to Sr. Helen Prejean, dated about ten days before his execution.

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