Wanda Jean Allen
American woman executed in 2001 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wanda Jean Allen (August 17, 1959 – January 11, 2001) was sentenced to death in 1989 for the murder of Gloria Jean Leathers, 29, her longtime girlfriend. Allen was the first black woman to be executed in the United States since 1954.[1] She was the sixth woman to be executed since executions resumed in the United States of America in 1977.[2] Her final appeals and the last three months of her life were chronicled by filmmaker Ivana Barrios in the documentary The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002).
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Wanda Jean Allen | |
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Born | (1959-08-17)August 17, 1959 United States |
Died | January 11, 2001(2001-01-11) (aged 41) |
Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
Criminal status | Executed |
Conviction(s) | First degree manslaughter (1982) First degree murder (April 18, 1989) |
Criminal penalty | 4 years imprisonment (Pettus murder) Death (Leathers murder) |
Partner(s) | Gloria Jean Leathers |
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