Video: Sister Prejean on the Death Penalty, Dubya and Gonzo

On March 9, 2009, Sister Helen Prejean spoke out for the repeal of the Death Penalty in Maryland. Her remarks were made at the Parish Hall of the historic St. Anne’s Church, in Annapolis, MD, near the State House where the General Assembly meets. Sister Prejean also ripped former President and ex-Texas Governor, George W. Bush, and his then legal counsel, Alberto “Gonzo” Gonzales, for the cursory manner in which they carried out hundreds of executions of condemned prisoners in Texas. Ms. Jane Henderson served as the moderator for the event, which was sponsored by the Maryland Citizens Against State Executions, (CASE MARYLAND). She is the group’s Executive Director. For background on the death penalty issue, please go to CASE MARYLAND, at: http://www.mdcase.org/ For information on Sister Prejean and her “Dead Man Walking” book, which led to a film, a play and an opera, see: http://www.prejean.org/ Check out, too, George Orwell’s account of witnessing an execution in British-controlled Burma, in his compelling short story, “A Hanging.”