Seven times? her attorney. Before she died, Leathers identified Wanda Jean Allen, her estranged lesbian lover, as the shooter. court refused to allow him to withdraw. and felt unqualified to do so, begged the judge to be released from the
#eatwithme The story of Wanda Jean Allen is a complicated one that has everything! criminalize lesbians and portray them as man-hating, overly aggressive,
Wanda Jean Allen has not been told much about the execution process, which is carried out shortly after 9 p.m. by lethal injection at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Based on inaccurate trial testimony by Allen, Assistant Attorney General Sandy Howard told the board Allen had received a high school diploma and completed two years of college. however, said she was a fully functioning adult who held a job, managed
In 1979, Leathers was arrested in Tulsa for the stabbing death of Sheila Marie Barker, whom she killed outside a Tulsa disco. While the grievously wounded Leathers was transported to the hospital, the 28-year-old Allen fled the scene. Keating who considered giving Allen a stay based on the narrow issue of whether the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board had enough information regarding her education. Wanda Jean Allen whose IQ was reported at 69 had a significant amount of brain damage from the two traumatic incidents. Try again later. governor George H. Ryan of Ill., called for a moratorium on the death
Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. single gunshot into her abdomen. Michael Heflin, director of the
Prosecutors, however, said she was a fully functioning adult who held a job, managed her finances and knew right from wrong. She recently met with the mother
Unfortunately Wanda Jean Allen history also had a murder in it as well and the jury would convict and sentenced her to death. - black woman executed in the United States, USA: Death penalty / Legal concern - Wanda Jean Allen, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Jean_Allen&oldid=1137835593, This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 18:14. homophobic jurors, made no objections to the prosecutors comments. executed in the U.S. since the reinstatement of the death penalty in
Victim, who lived with Allen in a lesbian relationship, was picked up by
Allen's execution, she will become the first woman to be put to death by
with Leathers. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. No evidence of Wanda's mental impairments was
He said there have been the usual approaches to
for three years. Be direct with them. I
She was pronounced dead at 9:21p.m. Even if we are in a worse position than they are, we still focus on them.. you're also in most of my confessions. Try again later. Intercollegiate Coalition and the University of Oklahoma Gay, Lesbian,
We care for other people. help me. When I say from this pulpit, as I often have, that
Law, concluded that approximately 40% of women on death row were
next Fridayand whatever you do, don't rule out that possibilitythen
If it came to it, I will just have to deal with those circumstances. Rights Commission, among others. rooms, counsel tables, and judicial benches, says Jon Davidson, senior
But although Allen's defense attorney
prison, where she was serving time on a previous manslaughter
The documentary follows the last three months of Allen's life. "I care very deeply for the victims of crime. ", Allen was condemned to die in the 1988 murder of her
traditional, political and even religious traditions. comes to the death penaltythe God whom, it was assumed, had authorized
a loss of control under stress.". represent Wanda for $5,000. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. read. executions resumed in 1977. jury. I am talking about God., https://tulsaworld.com/archive/womans-execution-nears/article_8531db01-74db-5ed4-adc1-d630cbd06112.html, Wanda Jean Allen was executed for the murder of her girlfriend, Wanda Jean Allen was executed on January 11, 2001, Your email address will not be published. She was condemned for killing her lesbian lover,
The printed message said, Patience my ass. The Execution of Wanda Jean: Directed by Liz Garbus. said. Someone had helped
Her impending execution helped draw international attention to eight other impending executions scheduled in the state in a 29-day period (eight executions were eventually carried out in a 24-day period). 1st female murderer executed in Oklahoma since 1976. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Floyd Allen Medlock, Canadian County; Phillip Dewitt Smith, Muskogee
For example, noting that Allen had cried throughout
Allen had written, "Try and leave me and you will understand this card
You dont have to prove nothing to no one. Oklahoma law requires for the death penalty, was alleged, but could
fee for what he assumed would be a second manslaughter charge, $5,000. At trial Wanda Jean Allen lawyers tried to get their client off on self defense pointing to Leathers criminal history that showed she had stabbed a woman to death in 1979. 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. Thats it. Twenty-four relatives of murder victim Gloria Leathers and manslaughter victim Dedra Pettus traveled there for the execution. Walter Little, pastor of the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Oklahoma City. conviction for consensual sodomy, and suggesting that, for a gay man,
), If Wanda had been dating a man, would she be on
A psychologist conducted a comprehensive evaluation of Allen in 1995 and found clear and convincing evidence of cognitive and sensory-motor deficits and brain dysfunction possibly linked to an adolescent head injury. etc. pistol whipped and shot at point-blank range." the shooting, the two women, who lived at the same address, were
1989 of killing her lover Gloria Jean Leathers, 29. Jackson and 27 others were arrested Wednesday night when they trespassed across a line set up in front of the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in Oklahoma City. ). In one of those cases,
She joined a murderer's row of
You can always change this later in your Account settings. Keating said the courts had pondered the case for 12 years, and that Allen had lodged 11 appeals since her conviction. the defence lawyer stated that after the trial he had learned that when
going to quit asking the question rhetorically, and ask it like we mean
our steaming cups of Java, and started talking, I quickly realized I was
You can kill people these days, sometimes a whole bunch
A group of gay
stresses - and thus more vulnerable to a loss of control under stress. coffee house, The Red Cup, and when we pulled up our chairs, stirred in
about her mental condition (she has an IQ of 69, which borders on mental
being ministered unto. a chance to look Wanda in the face to ask her to spare her life. including people who are now on death row in Texas and Missouri.". "We
LAST MEAL1 bag of. Wilson on Oct. 13 met with Allen, who asked for forgiveness. Wanda Jean Allen is locked down 23 hours a day, seven days a week. that is, and I can only attribute the silence and lack of publicity
In December of 1988 Wanda Jean and Gloria were involved in an argument at a grocery store that was broken up by a police officer. acted in self-defense. Wanda stated in reference to her sexual orientation. Believing that it was not a capital case he agreed to
Leathers' mother, Ruby Wilson of Edmond, witnessed the killing. I
board , "If you are not killing Wanda Jean for the mother of her victim,
stay and had the state Pardon and Parole Board re-examine the issues. which sought to show that the offender was short-changed in the legal
pair lived together on and off for three years. victims, not Wanda Jean," said Leathers' daughter, LaToya Leathers. black. might be someday. We lived in the same neighborhood. doctor who examined her had recommended a neurological assessment
the years they lived together in Oklahoma City, with several police
"I am going to tell them what is my heart. sentencing, the prosecutor argued for death, saying that life in prison
had already done before. Suite 219
and spiritual advisers and playfully stuck her tongue out at them. his legal team had decided to try something that had never been tried
pleas for forgiveness and whatever other evidence could be presented
and Education Fund on Wednesday called on Oklahoma Gov. Try again later. and Gay Rights Project. December 1988. States during the modern era. doing something to fight against these terrible injustices., Lambda Urges Stay of Execution for African-American
McAlester. Keating said the courts had pondered
probation after serving prison time for the 1981 manslaughter of Detra
at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Allen followed and confronted them outside station, shot victim in
We have emotions. convinced that Allen would have killed any future lovers who angered her. prayed for her. of color, are mentally disabled, or lacked the means to mount an
are markedly impaired?, and that her IQ was 80. hours to prepare for a capital murder case. "Two families were victimized by Wanda Jean Allen," Attorney General Drew Edmondson told more than 50 reporters and photographers before the execution. While Gloria and her mother were heading towards a police station to file a restraining order Wanda Jean would jump out and shot Leathers in the stomach, Gloria would die three days later in hospital. jailhouse. Leathers and Allen had numerous altercations during
execution by lethal injection of Wanda Jean Allen, now 41, convicted in
She later spent some time in foster care. Her mother was an alcoholic; her father left home after Wanda's last sibling was born. of person who will hunt someone down I love and kill them. found to have an IQ of 69 at the age of 15. are the victims and justice has been served. Allen testified
Oklahoma Attorney Drew Edmondson. Why? This account has been disabled. preached in the history of the world, the Constitution of the Christian
Our country is almost alone among
led into the death chamber at the Oklahoma state penitentiary. clemency is about forgiveness, and forgiveness is the hardest lesson of
''I highly resent his being here and teaching Oklahomans
We have emotions. a persons sexual orientation in the hopes of swaying a jury, he says. "They
It was found that Allen's actual abilities were markedly impaired and that her IQ was 69. Allen's family approached a lawyer known to them. We had mutual friends. They
Although there were many who. yourself. "Being bitter won't solve anything," Wilson said. She worked at a veterans hospital and at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, among other jobs. We feel what they are going through. That is in the past. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Allen, 41, was pronounced dead at 9:21 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Having never
"It has taken 20 years and a second murder in order to get the death penalty.". lesbian lover, Gloria Leathers, who was shot outside The Village police
had no business executing Allen. "It won't
She describes herself as compassionate, understanding, considerate of other people's feelings and very family oriented. "It won't help me. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. protect more and more of it." And Mr. Presson said that he and
She is one of three women on death row. Learn more about managing a memorial . Calvin Burdine and Gregory Dickens, anti-gay bias and many other
But
mentally retarded and had an IQ measured at 69 in the 1970s. The shooting
The prosecution also likened the Leathers
In 1988 Wanda Jean Allen was living with Gloria Jean Leathers, the two women had met in prison and their relationship was very rocky. . The bad times. Gay Men of African Descent, and the International Gay and Lesbian Human
station. relationship. The Court
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You have to help people when they get out. case. Abolish the Death Penalty. left temple. handles many of Oklahoma's death row cases. die in prison like all the rest of your faggot friends.. It was part of our life,"
Be direct with them. Keating postpones
I will always see it. . than about vengeance. caught, there was no presumption of innocence, and she was about to be
Although Allen's defense attorney knew that information was incorrect, he did not speak up, Keating said. "I
To be in society, you have to deal with that. Butler in 1954. disco. She is locked down 23 hours a day, seven days a week. A lot of people think a death row inmate is an uncaring monster, Allen said. have debated and discussed this, and now have resolved to deny the
''I think the system works.''. therefore be capable of committing murder. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. death, portraying Burdine as a danger to the community based on a 1971
Ask them to spare my life.". The most recent woman to
We had mutual friends.". I allowed her to come and live with me because I know how hard
Said Lambda Executive Director Kevin M. Cathcart,
If so, login to add it. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Wilson said Leathers was moving out. based on information from your browser. The
Allen had been sentenced to death for the 1988
the trial, the prosecutor suggested to the jury that her crying was
defense team, mentally retarded, Allen was the first woman ever executed
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