Deadman walking

A detailed Summary of Deadman walking

This is a movie about a man named Matthew Poncelet who is on death row for the murder of a teenage boy, Walter, and the rape and

murder of a teenage girl, Hope. He has been on death row for six years and has kept in touch with Sister Helen for most of those. Towards

the last couple of weeks before his death he has asked her to come and meet him. She did and together they tried to appeal before the court,

ask the mayor for his grace and give him life in prison, also on the day of his execution he asked for a lie detector test. Needless to say all

of that failed and he was put to death.

For the last hours of his life he had the chance to tell his three brothers and mama goodbye. They said their condolences and then Sister

Helen was with him for the remainder of his life. He had asked her to be his spiritual adviser, which she hers

would face up to what really happened that night. That he needed to take responsibility for his actions and not blame it on Walter and Hope

for being there, or his buddy that he helped do this horrendous crime or politics. He needed to face that it was his fault and that he could

Sister Helen was not for the death penalty. She thought that there should be grace and forgiveness of people, like the New Testament says.

for the sake of killing, they deserve to die themselves. Why would it be okay for someone to kill someone else, against their will, and the

faced his responsibility and that he can die with dignity because he has told the truth and truth shall set you free.

consequences that they would have to face if they were caught. Matthew Poncelet knew that he had the chance of getting caught and he

I agree with Sister Helen abo

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