Sister Helen Prejean testifies that Ryan is 'a man of honesty'

. . .U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer barred the 66-year-old Dominican nun from New Orleans from mentioning the issue that brought her together with Ryan - the crusade to repeal the death penalty in America.

Pallmeyer ruled that the death penalty issue was irrelevant to charges that Ryan steered big-money state contracts and leases to friends and got free vacations and gifts in return.

Prejean testified that she had repeatedly met with Ryan to discuss "public policy" and "social policy" issues.

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