Sister Mary Prejean , portrayed in ` ` Dead Man Walking , '' wants court to decide death row case . If the attorney general of Mississippi had had his way , Michelle Byrom would have been executed Thursday for allegedly hiring someone to kill her husband , Edward Byrom Sr. Mississippi court denies request to set Michelle Johnson 's execution for Thursday . She 's on death row for allegedly plotting to murder her husband , but her son has confessed . She has ` ` suffered a lifetime of abuse '' and ` ` struggles with mental illness , '' writes Prejean .
Sister Mary Prejean , portrayed in ` ` Dead Man Walking , '' wants court to decide death row case . Mississippi court denies request to set Michelle Johnson 's execution for Thursday . She 's on death row for allegedly plotting to murder her husband , but her son has confessed . She has ` ` suffered a lifetime of abuse '' and ` ` struggles with mental illness , '' writes Prejean .