Dead Man Walking (play)

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In 2002, Tim Robbins wrote a stage version of "Dead Man Walking". Instead of having it produced professionally, in 2004 he offered the play to schools and colleges throughout the United States, particularly Jesuit schools. It is part of a three-year project designed to foster discourse and discussion about the death penalty. The project, titled The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project, is managed by the Death Penalty Discourse Center where Sister Prejean now bases her work. Critics of the project argue that it brings politics into schools and the educational system.^{[citation needed]} Others are more positive, feeling that the project offers students an intellectual challenge and exposure to political and ethical culture.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• Dead Man Walking, the book, and
• Dead Man Walking (film), the film.