Meet the nuns of Texas’s death row

02 Apr 2025 • 45 min • EN
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Sisters of Mary Morning Star is a group of Catholic nuns who work with women on Texas’ death row. New Yorker staff writer Lawrence Wright joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss the deep bonds the sisters have with condemned inmates, what it says about faith and friendship, and how they view the death penalty as law. His article is “The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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