In the movie Dead Man Walking, Matthew Poncelet represents how most
inmates on Death Row are stripped of the inherent rights to work, have a community, and to be respected/treated as human beings according to the Catholic Social Teaching themes and principles. We are taught that people make mistakes, and that we should forgive them. We also are taught that if you do something for an evil intention, you get punished, and that the more trouble your in, the bigger punishment you get. But does punishing…
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