Him and Jerry, the inmate, formed a very close relationship, and Joseph was probably the main cause of Jerry's conversion to Catholicism and his repentance of his sins. In Joseph's essay he stated, "One of the great sufferings of death row is the day to day brutality. Every detail of these men's lives says to them you don't deserve to live"(http://www.usccb.org/prolife/programs/rlp/01ros.htm). Joseph showed respect to Jerry simply by proving that someone does still care about him, still respects him as a person, and does want him to live.
I do not believe that the prison system treated Matthew with very much disrespect at all. It seemed most of the time he was treated decently by the guards. However, there were times when the guards would make comments to Sister Helen about how the men on death row did not deserve to live, and that Matthew deserved what was coming to him. There was also a moment at the end of the movie when Matthew was seeing his family for the last time, and his mother wanted to give him a hug. The guards pushed her away and said that it was not allowed. I do not think it was right for the guards not to allow them to embrace each other one last time. I think that people need to put themselves in the criminal's and his family's position for a moment and think about what they would want during their last hours together. The prison system could have showed him more dignity by treating him more like a human being and showing a little more compassion towards him and his family. In Joseph Ross's essay about his experience of being a spiritual advisor on death row, he mentions a few examples of how these inmates are stripped of their dignity. Once on death row, you are identified by a number rather than your name, you wear the same clothing as everyone else around you, and guards come into your cell whenever they want and take things from you and you have no choice or say in the matter (http://www.
J-21: Dead Man Walking 1. While viewing Dead Man Walking, I had very mixed feelings. ... I believe that if you kill a man, in certain heinous and cruel situations, you too should die. ... No one needs to see him die; they just need to know he is dead. ...
Dead Man Walking The movie "Dead Man Walking" brought up some important questions. Questions concerning moral, hate, love, forgiveness, justice, and reconciliation. As well as if the death penalty is a appropriate and just punishment for a crime. Throughout this film there was a lot of hat...
In the novel Dead Man Walking, Sister Helen Prejean, was asked to correspond with Pat Sonnier, a man sentenced to die by electric chair for the murder of two teen- agers, which he did not commit. Dead Man Walking, gives a moving account of her spiritual journey as she became knowledgeable about our system of capital punishment through her involvement in the lives and deaths of several convicted murderers, their families, the families of their victims and the people whose job it is to carry out executions. ... However, by talking to this man and having a "relationship...
The film "Dead Man Walking", tells the story of a murder that took place by two men, who killed a teenage couple. This is the background of what the main story is about. Sister Helen Prejean (played by Susan Sarandon) is on a mission to heal the sins of one of the murderers, Matthew Poncelet (...
After reading a good book the reader's view of life's and life's complications and obligations should be clearer, at least for a time. How was your reading clarified your understand of people, institution, life and its confusion? I believe that after reading " Dead Man Walking" I have a much cl...
The Grateful Dead, a name known by many and memorialized by fans as a strange spiritual journey. ... One spring day in 1964, Bob Weir was walking down the street with a couple of his high school buddies. As they were walking past Dana Morgan's Music Shop, Bob heard some banjo pickin' coming from the back "went in and checked it out. ... On April 22nd 1979, the Dead debuted their new man on the keys, Brent Myland. ... After returning to the stage, the Dead released "In The Dark-, their only top ten album. ...
After watching the movie "Dead Man Walking", I got a better understanding of the death penalty. Throughout the movie there are very clear reason why some people are for the death penalty and why others may be against it. I am actually for the death penalty. Someone charged with first degree murde...
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