Capital Punishment
Dead Man Walking (1993), Sister Helen Prejean recounts her role as a nun who becomes
a spiritual advisor to be a convicted murderer who was accused of raping a girl and shooting
both her and her boyfriend, while also sympathizing with the vic%m’s families. This play touches
on themes of corrup%on and power, racism and prejudice, crime and punishment, poverty and
inequality, and the issue of salva%on through love. This play is against capital punishment and
provides an idea of what life is like for people given the death penalty to the outside world. The
death penalty is a very controversial topic in the United States and is hotly debated by experts
in the .eld. Key arguments for maintaining the death penalty include punishment, deterrence,
and the fact that the death penalty is less expensive than life in prison. Key arguments for
abolishing the death penalty include the fear that an innocent person will be executed; it is not
