The death penalty is a poor person's issue. Always remember that: after all the rhetoric that goes on in the legislative assemblies, in the end, when…

- Helen Prejean

In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain: if I were to be murdered I wou…

- Helen Prejean

I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice.

- Helen Prejean

The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human rights, and the indi…

- Helen Prejean

I saw the suffering and I let myself feel it… I saw the injustice and was compelled to do something about it. I changed from being a nun who only pra…

- Helen Prejean

If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People with broken lives often come from lives w…

- Helen Prejean

Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them?

- Helen Prejean

If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as w…

- Helen Prejean

The important thing is that when your come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where …

- Helen Prejean