HELEN PAJAMA
JOURNEY OF HOPE...
from violence to healing™
JOURNEY PARTICIPANT
PILGRIMAGE & TASK MARCH
"If you have to kill,
why not kill the death penalty? It is premeditated murder. Killing offenders
does not solve crime; it is a crime itself. Executing our citizens creates more
victims. I don't wish that on anyone. Inflicting indignity, human suffering, and
premeditated murder degrades our justice system."
HELEN PAJAMA (AKA: PAJAMA LADY)
OLD TOWN, MAINE
PROFILE:
Helen
Pajama's elderly cousin never regained consciousness after suffering brutal head
wounds in a beating. As a young woman Helen was afraid of going to bed because
of this crime. She wondered what kind of monster would commit such a savage act
on an 82 - year - old man, and why. Years later, a man confessed not only to her
cousin's murder but to the murders of several other men. He was diagnosed as
insane. Helen then realized that one cannot always rationalize crime. She has
learned that many abused children become violent and end up on death row. She
feels that to
Reprinted with permission from Not In Our Name: Murder Victims Families Speak Out Against the Death Penalty, a publication of Murder Victims Families For Reconciliation, Barbara Hood & Rachel King, Editors; MVFR