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S1E7: The Catholic sister-turned-activist against the death penalty

Podcast: Prisoncast!
Published: May 18, 2026
Duration seconds: 932
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Summary

Sister Helen Prejean has been counseling people on death row since the 1980s. To mark the 15th anniversary of Illinois abolishing the death penalty, she joins Prisoncast! to make the case against capital punishment. Plus, some original music produced behind bars.