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Helen Prejean, C.S.J. (born April 21, 1939, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a Roman Catholic sister, a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph based in New Orleans, and a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty.

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When people of color are killed in the inner city, when homeless people are killed, when the "nobodies" are killed, district attorneys do not seek to avenge their deaths. Black, Hispanic, or poor families who have a loved one murdered not only don't expect the district attorney's office to pursue the death penalty -which, of course, is both costly and time consuming- but are surprised when the case is prosecuted at all.

Cities, Color, Consuming, Costly, Office, Surprised

Time rushes by and yet time is frozen. Funny how we get so exact about time at the end of life and at its beginning. She died at 6:08 or 3:46, we say, or the baby was born at 4:02. But in between we slosh through huge swatches of time--weeks, months, years, decades even.

Baby, Death, Died, Exact, Time

Once you inject fear into a society of people, they become more and more afraid because they don't cross over the neighbourhoods and the only information they get about other people is through the media.

Fear, Inject, Media, People

Writing is like praying, because you stop all other activities, descend into silence, and listen patiently to the depths of your soul, waiting for true words to come. When they do, you thank God because you know the words are a gift, and you write them down as honestly and cleanly as you can.

Like, Silence, True, Waiting, Words, Writing

Mercy is "stronger and more God-like than vengeance".

Mercy, Stronger, Vengeance

The death penalty is a poor person's issue. Always remember that: after all the rhetoric that goes on in the legislative assemblies, in the end, when the deck is cast out, it is the poor who are selected to die in this country.

Country, Goes On, Issues, Poor, Selected

The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human rights, and the indivisible dignity of each human person made in the image of God.

Compassion, Death, God, Heart, Religious

Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them?

Death Penalty, Deserve, Die, Dies, Kill

Government. . . can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.

Citizens, Control, Death Penalty, Decide, Government, Kill

When you try, God is there and you get the grace you need to get you through.

God, Grace, Needs, Trying

Remorse presupposes enough self-forgetfulness to feel the pain ofothers.

Ofothers, Pain, Presupposes, Remorse, Self, Witty

Lavish love on others receive it gratefully when it come to you. Cultivate friendship like a garden. It is the best love of all.

Best Love, Cultivate, Friendship, Garden, Like, Love

The important thing is that when your come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

Eventually, Fitness Motivational, Important, Needs, Small, Understand

In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain: if I were to be murdered I would not want my murderer executed. I would not want my death avenged. Especially by government--which can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.

Avenged, Feelings, Government, Moral, Sorting Out

I saw the suffering and I let myself feel it… I saw the injustice and was compelled to do something about it. I changed from being a nun who only prayed for the suffering world to a woman with my sleeves rolled up, living my prayer.

Compelled, Nun, Prayer, Sleeves, Suffering, World

people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives

Done, Lives, People, Worst

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