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 recent history of death penalty decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States and the record of George W. Bush as Governor of Texas. In 1998, Prejean was given the Pacem in Terris Award, named after a 1963 encyclical letter by Pope John XXIII that calls on all people of good will to secure peace among all nations. "Pacem in terris" is Latin for "Peace on Earth." Prejean now bases her work at the Death Penalty Discourse Network in New Orleans. She gives talks about the issues across the United States and around the world. She and her sister