Maria Carolina Diaz Dr. Wake Ethical Analysis June 27, 2014 Matthew Poncelet should not be put to death in Dead Man Walking Dead Man Walking film is essentially a well-crafted film by co-producer, director, and writer Tim Robbins. The movie tells an account of a convicted murderer and rapist known as Matthew Poncelet. This man has been on death row for 6 years in the state of Louisiana and will be put to death soon following a number of appeals to federal and state courts. The movie is claimed to be an impartial perspective of both sides of the issue of capital punishment. Poncelet is accused of a criminal act he did in the year 1988. Together with his buddy, Poncelet found 2 teens while kissing inside a car in a wooded zone. Poncelet and his friend then pulled the teenagers out of the car, raped the girl and then cruelly stabbed the two before shooting them in the back of the head.