A review by mponschke
The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions by Helen Prejean

5.0

Wow. This one hit close to home for me as both a Catholic and as a forensic science student. Sister Helen Prejean recounts to stories of two men on death row - men that she believes to be innocent. She takes the moral issues behind the death penalty to a new level, dissecting both cases and uncovering all of the injustices both men had to endure. She takes apart religious arguments that "favor" the death penalty, providing her own religious arguments against the death penalty. This a powerful, brave, informative, well-researched book that takes on the ultimate moral issue that our government deals with daily: is the death penalty constitutional? It's by no means an easy read... but it's well worth your time.