
Now Poncelet appeals to Sister Helen as the day of his execution comes closer and closer. He wants her to help him with a final appeal.


While doing that she gets to know Poncelet’s mother and the victims’ families. The victims’ families don’t understand Sister Helen's efforts to help Poncelet, claiming she is "taking his side." Instead they desire "absolute justice," as they call it, namely his life for the lives of their children.

It’s not until the end he admits having killed the boy and raped the girl. Just before his execution, he appeals to the boy's parents for forgiveness and tells the girl's parents he hopes his death brings them peace. In the end, Poncelet is administered lethal injection and given a proper burial. The murdered boy's father attends the ceremony and begins to pray with Sister Helen, ending the film. By Wikipedia.com


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- Dead Man Walking on imdb.com
Dead Man Walking (1996)
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