Scott Wilson (actor) as a prison chaplain in "Dead Man Walking", starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, based on the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean. Wilson's long filmography also includes "The Gypsy Moths", "The Right Stuff", "A Year of the Quiet Sun", "Malone", "The Grass Harp", "Junebug", "The Host", "Monster", "Young Guns II", "Pearl Harbor", "Big Stan", "Judge Dredd", the "Shiloh" film series and "". Wilson has filmed on location in South Korea, Japan and Spain. Wilson had a recurring role in several episodes of "" as Sam Braun, father of crime-scene investigator Catherine Willows (portrayed by Marg Helgenberger).
Helen Prejean experiences with Sonnier and with the convict Robert Lee Willie. He had been sentenced to death after being convicted of kidnapping, murder in two attacks in May 1980. Sister Prejean also explored the effects of maintaining the death penalty on attorneys, prison guards, other prison officials, and the families of both convicted murderers and their victims. Prejean has worked with other men sentenced to death since then. In December 2010, Prejean donated all of her archival papers to DePaul University. In 1999, Prejean formed Moratorium 2000, a petition drive that eventually grew into a national education campaign, The Moratorium Campaign,