Dead Man Walking
A detailed Summary of Dead Man Walking
I believe that the movie Dead Man Walking impacted my life greatly. It was a very emotional and
moving movie. This was an excellent movie because it portrayed the feelings of both the families
of the victims and the murder himself. It shows how much pain and suffering the families had to go
through with all the sadness and hatred against Matthew Poncelant. The movie also showed how
that the families' hatred did not go away after Matthew was executed. The greatest emotional part
of the movie was when Matthew confessed that he did kill the teenagers and that he was truly
sorry. From there, he was able to at least die with dignity and also he asked the parents of the
teenagers for their forgiveness for him. This movie also showed how the death penalty is biased
on those who are poor. Matthew's partner in the crime received life in prison because he had a
better lawyer while Matthew received the death penalty. As stated in appeals session in the
movie, Matthew would not have been sitting there if he had the money to buy a better lawyer.
Instead he had to have a lawyer given to him by the state who had never preformed a murder trial
before. I think that Susan Serandan's character was portrayed as a g

"Cruel and Unusual" punishment or is it now a necessary tool in the war on crime? With the
certain privilege on our own lives, but do the lives of others belong to us as well? Do we have the
United States, an earlier move to eliminate capital punishment has now been reversed and more
constitution. These lawyers have little to no incentive to gather all the precious materials to
someone who's about to die. We must put aside our hatred and begin to care because two
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Approximate Word count = 1088
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
Category: Movies
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