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Robert Lee Willie (January 2, 1958 – December 28, 1984) was an American serial killer who killed at least three people in Louisiana from the late 1970s to 1980. He was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 18-year-old Faith Hathaway and was executed in 1984.
In the film, Sister Helen Prejean (Sarandon) establishes a special relationship with Matthew Poncelet (Penn), a character based on convicted murderers Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie. He is a prisoner on death row in Louisiana , and she visits him as his spiritual adviser after corresponding with him.
Elmo Patrick "Pat" Sonnier (February 21, 1950 – April 5, 1984) was a convicted American murderer and rapist in Louisiana who was executed by electrocution at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Louisiana on April 5, 1984.
Compliance is based on a real phone call scam that occurred in a Mount Washington McDonald's. However, the names of the characters and some minor details were changed for the big screen. While ...
Episode 3 dives deep on the history and impact of "More Cowbell," featuring appearances from Ferrell, Chris Parnell, Rachel Dratch, Fred Armisen, Dana Carvey, Dave Grohl, members of the real Blue ...
The man convicted in the 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins in Vallejo, California, is scheduled to appear in Santa Clara County court on Monday to face new charges for a different case. Matthew ...
Christian Poncelet (1928–2020), French politician; Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788–1867), French engineer and mathematician; Matthew Poncelet, the character played by Sean Penn in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking, based on real-life death-row inmate Elmo Patrick Sonnier
The film kicks into high gear with the introduction of Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), a pompous patriarch and industrialist who commissions Tóth to design an elaborate community center.