This post is a guest contribution by Bennet Sedacca*, President of Atlantic Advisors Asset Management

Dead Man Walking – Originally, a phrase in a poem by Thomas Hardy in 1909, but later in a work of non-fiction by Sister Helen Prejean, A Roman catholic nun and one of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille. Prejean later wrote ‘Dead Man Walking’, which became a hit movie in 1995. The title comes from the traditional exclamation “dead man walking, dead man walking here” used by prison guards as the condemned are led to their execution.

Death Row – A term that refers to the section of a prison that houses individuals awaiting execution. It is also used to refer to the state