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Dead Man Walking: The US nun who took on the death penalty

When Sister Helen Prejean agreed to write to a convicted murderer on Louisiana’s death row in 1982, she had no idea what was coming. She would end up becoming his spiritual advisor, eventually accompanying him to his execution two years later. The experience changed her profoundly. She wrote a book about what she'd witnessed on death row, Dead Man Walking, which was turned into a major Hollywood movie in 1995. Forty years later, she has witnessed six more state executions - and is still tirelessly fighting to end them. Presenter: Jo Fidgen Producer: Zoe Gelber Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784

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  Never ever give up: how Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida

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  The hungry boy who devoted his life to muscle

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  Buddhist chants and Ibiza trance: A Spanish boy’s odyssey

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  The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 2

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  The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 1

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  Britain’s infected blood scandal, my quest for the truth

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  The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets

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  'It's much easier for them to create a spy than catch a spy'

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  My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 2

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  My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 1

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  The man who finds water in the desert

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  Kill or be killed: a climber’s dilemma, part 2

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  Kill or be killed: A climber’s dilemma, part 1

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  The Hiroshima survivor who's still shouting for peace

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  Lost in lion country and saved by Spam