Prejean: The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions

About this episode

Sister Helen Prejean shares her eyewitness accounts of wrongful executions and discusses the impact on poor individuals and the moratorium on capital punishment in California.

In "The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions," author Sister Helen Prejean talks about her first-hand experiences witnessing the execution of Dobie Gillis Williams in 1999 and Joseph Roger O'Dell in 1997, how poor people are primarily affected by wrongful executions, and why the execution of Michael Morales was postponed indefinitely in 2006 and led to a moratorium on capital punishment in California. This third discussion with the author took place on a 2006 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California. Photo: sisterhelen.org

People in this episode

Guest: Sister Helen Prejean

Topics covered

• wrongful executions
• capital punishment
• social justice

Keywords

• execution
• moratorium
• California
• Dobie Gillis Williams
• Joseph Roger O'Dell
• Michael Morales

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions, Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster

Places: California, San Francisco

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