{"id":881,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/sr-helenprejean\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:57","slug":"sr-helenprejean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/sr-helenprejean\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Sr. Helen Prejean to speak at WCSU on death penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 Author and world renowned death penalty activist, Sister Helen Prejean<\/a> will give a lecture and Q & A session about her experiences with the death penalty on Thursday, April 14<\/strong>, at Western Connecticut State University. <\/p>\n

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\n Her lecture, \u201cDead Man Walking: the Journey Continues\u201d is open and free to the public. It will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on WCSU\u2019s Midtown Campus, 181 White St., Danbury.<\/p>\n

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\n Sister Helen, as she prefers to be called, is author of \u201cDead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States.\u201d After spending 31 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, \u201cDead Man Walking\u201d was optioned for a movie that debuted in 1995. Sean Penn played condemned murderer Matthew Poncelet and Susan Sarandon won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Sister Helen. <\/p>\n

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As Connecticut\u2019s legislature debates the issue of capital punishment, Sister Helen\u2019s lecture will provide an emotional and thought-provoking perspective on this important issue. In anticipation of Prejean\u2019s visit, the WCSU Honors Program offered a course, taught by Justice and Law Professor Dr. George Kain, on the myriad issues surrounding capital punishment. As part of the class, high profile anti-death penalty activists spoke on campus, including exonerated death row inmate Shujaa Graham, author Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, and retired prison warden Ron McAndrew. Two additional speakers will visit after Sister Helen\u2019s lecture: author and death row chaplain Dale Recinella, and author and prison chaplain Reverend Lawrence Carew.<\/p>\n

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\n Event sponsors are the WCSU Honors Student Organization, the Newman Club, the Justice and Law Club, WCSU Honors Program and the WCSU School of Arts and Sciences.

\n For more information, call the Office of University Relations at (203) 837-8486.

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\n Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private universities.<\/em><\/p>\n

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