Tuesday, May 31, 2016

UNIT 1012 BOOK CLUB: VICTIMS OF DEAD MAN WALKING



            To denounce Helen Prejean’s book, ‘Dead Man Walking’, we the comrades of Unit 1012: The VFFDP, recommend people who want to know the truth to read these two books, ‘Dead Family Walking: The Bourque Family Story of Dead Man Walking’ and ‘Victims of Dead Man Walking’. We will post information about the second book from several sources.

  



INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.amazon.com/Victims-Walking-Detective-Michael-Varnado/dp/1589801563

Victims of Dead Man Walking Hardcover – May 31, 2003
by Detective Michael Varnado (Author), Daniel P. Smith (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Mike Varnado's ability to fell a great story is topped only by his work as a first-class detective."

From the Back Cover

"Mike Varnado's ability to tell a great story is topped only by his work as a first-class detective."
—Chris Buchanan, documentary film producer for PBS and
associate producer of Angel on Death Row
Victims of Dead Man Walking is the true story of the rape and murder of Faith Hathaway by Robert Lee Willie and Joe Vaccaro. Detective Mike Varnado provides a vivid eyewitness account of the investigation into her murder. Varnado was only twenty-five when he discovered Faith Hathaway's body. Finding her killers and bringing them to justice has been one of the most important endeavors of his life. 

But for Varnado, Faith's family, and the citizens of their quiet Louisiana community, the nightmare did not end with the capture and conviction of the murderers. While on Angola's death row, Robert Lee Willie was counseled by Sr. Helen Prejean, who wrote about him in her best-selling book, Dead Man Walking. He also served as the primary model for the character played by Sean Penn in the Academy Award-winning film version of Dead Man Walking. As Willie and his story achieved worldwide notoriety, Faith Hathaway, her short life, and her brutal death were almost forgotten by everyone but those closest to her. Victims of Dead Man Walking reminds readers of an aspect of the death-penalty debate that is too often forgotten--the innocent victim of crime, the victim's family, and the police officers, lawyers, judges, and ordinary citizens called upon to perform difficult but necessary roles in the pursuit of justice.

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