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Sister Helen Prejean joins us for the full hour to discuss her new book, "River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey," and how her life as a nun led to becoming a spiritual advisor for people on death row and fighting the death penalty.
After a 16 year hiatus, the Trump administration has carried out the most federal executions in modern history, with more to come before the end of December.
Prejean points to the slew of executions as evidence that the death penalty should be abolished.
“Human beings are too partially-seeing,” said Prejean. “Too ignorant, too politically driven, to be entrusted with something like administering death.”
Sister Helen also took questions from listeners regarding the Catholic church’s stance on the death penalty, the ethics of keeping inmates past their sentence due to COVID restrictions, and more.
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