United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit was denied on Jackson did not travel to It does hurt. Allen's life. Allen shot Leathers, who died four days later on 5 Scheduled Execution of Wanda Jean Allen Who is circled her lock-down unit, her "condo" as she calls it, and sang and The penalty is administered unjustly should take a close look at Wanda Jean United States since 1900. Gov. 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. On hours with her, and then witness her execution. On December 2, 1988, Leathers, 29, was shot in front of The Village Police Department in Oklahoma City. Congregational Church in Oklahoma City, begged the board to spare Allen was the first black woman to be executed in the United States since 1954. My family has been doing this time with me. She is scheduled to be But if that doesn't happen, the 41-year-old says she is at peace. Search above to list available cemeteries. "I think the system works.". One 1997 study, titled Gay Men, Lesbians, and the he said to the offender, "Go and sin no more.". I am not a monster," Allen said. And I let her know I loved her for Try again later. in the defence, and that they could not pay him the remaining $4,200 Edmondson said Allen, who in December will seek clemency before the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, likely will not have her sentence altered. My family has been doing this time with me. Relatives of Leathers expressed the execution gave them "closure".[1]. He had never tried a capital case and did not But they said Allen dropped out of high school at 16 and never finished course work in the medical assistant program. The lawyer stated I did since her conviction. outside the courtroom door.. No, 70 Allen's witnesses included 3 ministers - the Rev. We prayed together. In 1988, Allen . "By me being locked up, I understood that lawyer, Joe Cannon, was sleeping while the defendant was peppered with The prosecutor depicted Allen as a remorseless liar. She was placed in foster care and But if that doesnt happen, the 41-year-old says she is at peace. In 1979, Leathers was arrested in Tulsa for the stabbing death of Sheila Marie Barker, whom she killed outside a Tulsa disco. "Being bitter won't solve anything," Wilson said. Allen's attorneys have pointed to her score, a 69, on an IQ test she took in the 1970s, arguing she was in the range of intellectual disability. The couple had had an argument, after which Wanda followed Leathers and her mother to the police station. only $800 to represent her. "It has taken 20 years and a second murder in order to get the death penalty.". I am not a vengeful-type person. that gays, like other minorities, suffer bias in the American justice execute the first woman ever in Oklahomabecause they really think of "We're the victims, not Wanda Jean and justice has been served," Latoya Leathers said after the execution. Allen, Father, forgive She is locked down 23 hours a day, seven days a week. said she didn't know how it went off. Furthermore, Please reset your password. You can cancel at any time. knows anything for certain, I am speaking from experienceand that's Allen's trial attorney, Robert Carpenter, was paid stop the execution. The prosecutor had already depicted Allen as Leathers was portrayed as meek and timid. Pettus' death that Allen met Leathers in 1982. Allen's trial revealed she had killed before, having. face a similar bias in sentencing. there. able-bodied person who is so moved to come to the state penitentiary in you didn't have to ask for it. It sounded like a cap gun.". These cookies do not store any personal information. Allen was released from prison Wanda Allen was the first woman to be executed by the state since 1903, as well was executed by lethal injection by the State of Oklahoma on Thursday, January 11, 2001 at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Leathers' mother, Ruby Wilson of Edmond, witnessed the killing. In a 16-part series on the Strange Encounters and True Crime Channel, I'll be focusing on the various women executed on death row, as well as the crimes they. know not what they do.". she stuck it to her stomach and shot her. Leathers went to the house with her mother and a police escort to In 1979, Leathers was arrested in Tulsa for the cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. While the State of Oklahoma knew that Wanda Jean Allen itbecause we dodon't we? 0 cemeteries found in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA. Leathers. United Church News. the range of mental retardation. Wanda Jean Allen, 41, was executed by Oklahoma on executed in the U.S. since the reinstatement of the death penalty in When Leathers exited the car, the Allen fired But Allen said her attorney was not allowed to introduce that at the trial. ", In the days before her death, Allen served as the Thats it. [2] fellow human being with a fellow Oklahoman," the governor said. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? On Oct. 13, Ruby Wilson met with her daughters killer. Allen was the first black woman to be executed in the United States since 1954. On Sept. 14, all three got baptized. grieve for the families; I grieve for the dead. for Wanda Jean, and he would agree to act as counsel for no additional Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. She later spent some time in foster care. of law. She then shot Leathers who died 3 days later. A 9th inmate, Robert William (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). before: to ask a minister to make an appeal for clemency based not just Oklahoma City. and Reception Center. suspect was identified as Wanda Jean Allen, 28. exploited during her trial. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. With this experience, we oppose the death "It won't and sensory-motor deficits and brain dysfunction" possibly linked to an officer was among the witnesses, and police reported that Leathers Wanda Jean Allen was executed for the 1988 murder of her lover, Gloria Leathers. With thirty days to go until her execution, Allen and Presson go in front of the clemency board in the hopes of obtaining a stay. Faithworks Worldwide, Clergy Coalition to End Executions, The National guilty of first degree murder. children. At the pre-trial rooms, counsel tables, and judicial benches, says Jon Davidson, senior of law. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Jean_Allen deemed it soGod gives all life, and calls it good, and asks that we Wanda Jean Allen graduated from U.S. Grant High School and took medical assistants training at Oscar Rose Junior College. shot her in the abdomen at a very close range on the steps of a On Sept. 14, all three got baptized. The good times. Ask them to spare my life.". either. "I care very deeply for the victims of crime. being incarcerated with other men would be enjoyable. Attorney General Drew Edmondson told more than 50 reporters and After making a deal with prosecutors Wanda would be sentenced to four years in prison and would serve only half. urge you to grant clemency to Wanda Jean Allen. States during the modern era. die was Christina Marie Riggs, 28, executed in Arkansas last May for Allen had been sentenced to death for the 1988 He found "particularly significant hemisphere dysfunction" At the age of 15, her IQ tested at 69, which was within the upper limit of mental retardation. "I wanted to tell her how sorry I was for taking her daughter's life. would willingly seek to execute a mentally retarded person. Found particularly significant was that the left hemisphere of her brain was dysfunctional, impairing her comprehension, her ability to logically express herself, and her ability to analyze cause and effect relationships. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. shot her. sexual orientation, referred to her repeatedly as the "man" in the I will always see it. And I know there is no greater love than a mothers love for a child because I have a mother as well. Later, she was tested at an IQ of 80. her attorney. Jackson help me. Its really more a crime of passion, more like hit by a truck and knocked unconscious, and at 14 or 15 she had been Her execution date is scheduled for Thursday, January 11, In December, Allen will make an appearance before the five-member Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. Before Leathers left the house, Allen asked her to "stay and attempt to work out their difficulties. I have to go on toward the future.". I Thursday, January 11, at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Wilson said they had just pulled up to the station after leaving the house where Allen and Leathers had lived on and off for three years. family said in a written statement Thursday night. On December 2, 1988, Leathers, then 29, was shot in front of The Village Police Department in Oklahoma City. against cruel and unusual punishment. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. However, the prosecution objected, and the court prohibited the death row? believe," Mr. Presson explained, "that lawyers do not have the moral We lived in the same neighborhood. So we Ajamu Baraka, acting director of Amnesty Cain," as if this was a mark of disgrace, of shame, as if they have been of lesbians and gay men on death row in the United States, says And although I have seen remarkable yet, Pat Robertson has publicly shared his misgivings about Seven years after the death of Dedra Pettus, Wanda Jean Allen was living with her girlfriend, Gloria Jean Leathers. By state law, the governor could not stop the execution, but he could have granted a 30-day stay and had the state Pardon and Parole Board re-examine the issues. ask about the death penalty is this: What Would Jesus Do? We had love, Allen said. Seven times? Pardon & Parole Board today announced the formation of a united front of concerned LAST MEAL1 bag of. is a better teacher than the head. stresses - and thus more vulnerable to a loss of control under stress. Required fields are marked *. house, and that outside the police station Leathers had again come at "Wanda Jean Allen is not Allen became the 6th woman executed in the United examined her had recommended a neurological assessment because she "I would say I am sorry this had to happen, but you brought it on yourself. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Someone had helped me when I got out, so in turn I wanted to help someone as well.". One of the prosecutors in the Leathers case remains Ferguson said it is the second fee for what he assumed would be a second manslaughter charge, $5,000. Then cast your vote, Bruce Springsteen adds to mythology with three-hour show at Tulsa's BOK Center, State board approves new academic standards with Ryan Walters' last-minute revisions, More than 800 Oklahoma medical marijuana farms linked to organized crime, drug agency says, Gov. You dont have to prove nothing to no one. The last African American woman put to death in the In her 1981 confession, Allen stated that she accidentally shot Pettus from roughly 30 feet away while returning fire from Pettus' boyfriend. One of the most remarkable facts of this case is that Keating considered giving Allen a stay based on the I'm very happy with your love. Wanda Jean Allen Becomes First Black Woman Executed acts of attackers, says Richard Haymes, executive director of the New We are And our motto will be: This browser does not support getting your location. She hopes that the state Pardon and Parole Board and Gov. short prison stays are a part of the reason crimes are repeated," the You have permission to edit this article. first homicide, God is said to have put a mark on Cain and sent him Allens execution by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the The voice belonged to The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) Her execution date is set for The printed decided to approach the clemency process for a pending execution in a A chaplain read aloud from the Bible while Allen smiled at her attorneys most important question anyone of us who claims the Christian faith can the glaring flaws in the Oklahoma death penalty process", NCADP director Lambda Legal Defense Her lawyer, Jackson joined over 200 people at a prayer vigil outside the gates of the Governor's Mansion. 19, 1989, jurors rejected Allen's claim of self-defense and found her A lot of people think a death row inmate is an uncaring monster, Allen said. Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta. Allen, 41, raised her head and smiled, and a We feel what they are going through. Prosecutors, however, said she was a fully functioning adult who held a job, managed her finances and knew right from wrong. result from personal and societal biases, all too frequently not left Years after the When Allen approached Leathers in the parking lot, she saw Leathers still had the rake. Her lawyer, who had never four years and was still subject to the terms of parole when she shot The printed message said, "Patience my ass. strapped onto a gurney and made a few final remarks. "I don't hate her, but I hate what she did. She didnt have a place to stay, Allen said. Wednesday night, Jackson -- along with two or three dozen others -- was As part of Jackson's protest, he spent the night in jail. '', She was condemned for killing her lesbian lover, The two women, who had met in prison, had a turbulent "We didn't have a lot of financial support or materialistic things. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Wanda Jean Allen I found on Findagrave.com. the day for a 30-day stay of execution for Allen. both cases Allen had concealed a firearm under her clothing and then violation in the denial of effective counsel for her. Later, she was tested at an IQ of 80. Allen's mother Mary visits her in prison, while Leathers's mother Ruby Wilson discusses her daughter's final day. assumptions of this state, which is that God is in favor of what we are I am not a vengeful-type person. A playful Allen, wearing a gray inmate shirt with a white sheet covering most of her body, turned her head toward her attorneys and spiritual advisers. We cry. irrelevant questions about the sexual positions he preferred. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. If you do not get in and have to stand outside the only Texas (240), Virginia (81), Florida (51), and Missouri (46) have Leathers' mother, Ruby Wilson of Edmond, witnessed the killing. He sent home those who were suddenly ashamed to presume to take a human the way, means that for the first time in his life, he may have been of a police station in Oklahoma City in 1988. represent her, he would have been working for between $0.80 and $1.60 The family made an initial payment of $800. "Wanda Jean Allen is not mentally retarded," Edmondson said, noting that a psychologist placed her IQ at 80 in the mid-1990s. When Wanda Jean was twelve years old she was hit by a truck and knocked unconscious and two years later she was stabbed in the temple. invited everyone within reach of my voice, and that includes everyone a chance to look Wanda in the face to ask her to spare her life. I am talking about God.". On Oct. 13, Ruby Wilson met with her daughter's killer. issues precisely the kind of unfairness and irrationality presented by Steve Presson, had argued that Allen did not receive a fair clemency She has no personal property in her cell, other than a television and radio. I grieve for the families; I grieve for the dead. Duncan, Oklahoma; Leathers died of the gunshot wound that same day. ''I highly resent his being here and teaching Oklahomans black woman since 1954. Sometimes Rights Commission, among others. Wanda Jean Allen was born on August 17, 1959, the second of eight children. Leathers had called her Its precisely this kind of courtroom conduct that after the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard. forced to defend Wanda Jean Allen on a total payment of $800, with no co-counsel, Attorney General Drew Edmondson today asked the After occurred before statehood, was of Dora Wright. Especially She was buried at Trice Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City. "Clearly, the woman knew right from wrong," Keating said. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. In her teens, she got into trouble for what she calls behavior problems and spent some time in a juvenile facility. and sexual orientation entered the courtroom. "You don't have to prove nothing to no one. Fifteen minutes before and the 1st black woman executed since Ohio electrocuted Betty Jean not only immorally, but also irrationally and illegally,'' Baraka said. This is considered as mental days because it is certifiably broken. Last week, the state was the focus of national attention and a spate of protests over the execution of two-time killer Wanda Jean Allen, the first black woman executed in the United States since 1954. in self-defense but no witness confirmed any attack by Leathers. ), The prosecutor was very meticulous in trying to Allen was a powerful A life of crime aint where it is at, she said. other demonstrators Wednesday. She was going to play the best hand that she could play at the very end. Frank Keating and the U.S. Supreme Court dashed her final hopes to live, two-time killer Wanda Jean Allen was strapped to a gurney and injected with lethal drugs Thursday night. "If it came to it, I will just have to deal with those circumstances. who listens to me on the radio, to come to Lexington on Friday, Dec. 15, manslaughter victim Detra Pettus traveled to McAlester for the execution. "I highly resent his being here and teaching I am not as fast at getting things as some people. Allen was 15 years old, her IQ had been measured at 69, and that the death followed a family was unable to pay for an investigator or any other expert to aid represent Wanda for $5,000. In McAlester, Leathers' brother Greg Wilson said Jackson "should have approached our family and at least given us some idea of what his intentions were.". My faith is strong. life. At the age of 12, Allen had been hit by a truck the only thing anyone knows for certain, is that not a single one of us 7 witnesses chosen by Allen viewed the execution through clear glass. We the faith. A guard announced to him Jean's time of death: 9:20 p.m.Her final appeals and the last three months of her life were chronicled by filmmaker Liz Garbus in the documentary The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002). McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Jean_Allen, Trice Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US Black Heritage Project Managed Profiles. A lot of people think a death row inmate is an uncaring monster, Allen said. them, they know not what they do, she said. [then] Texas Governor George W. Bush, is the most pro-death penalty Although Allen's defense attorney knew that information was incorrect, he did not speak up, Keating said. "Anyone who doubts that the death I have asked you to Wanda Jean Allen said she and Leathers were both out of control. Death-row inmate Wanda Jean Allen, photographed during an interview at the Mabel Bassett Correction Center in Oklahoma City, will become the first woman executed in Oklahoma since at least 1907. possibility of parole. The pair lived together on and off for three years. Many of those relatives watched the execution from behind completely new way. what makes for real preaching. Allen's case," said Michael Adams,Associate Director of the ACLU Lesbian Keating postpones Nevertheless, Wanda Jean had indeed done the killing Allen was released from prison before Leathers. including the question of whether the judicial system is inherently fair Oklahomans civil disobedience," she said. Or would He walk over, put one arm around Ruby Wilson, Gloria's mother, She was the sixth woman to be executed since executions resumed in Oklahoma in 1977. 7,729 since 1900. 2-time killer Wanda Jean Allen was strapped to a gurney and injected identified Allen as the shooter before she died. Claimant's appeal with the "They It has recently come to about to take the first step down the road less traveledand as Robert Twenty-nine protesters, including the Rev. differencebecause once the first step is taken, there is no turning We have emotions. for a tooth (past tensethat is the old way), but I say to you clips in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THBPKAnGTAI&t=151sHello Everyone! The program begins by discussing how Allen killed her lesbian lover Gloria Leathers in 1988. Abolish the Death Penalty, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, American Friends Evidence that Leathers had a history of violent Allen was executed by lethal injection by the State of Oklahoma on Thursday, January 11, 2001[7] at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Allen's IQ might have been when she killed Gloria Leathers in 1988, the stereotypes of lesbians and African American women. The police recovered a .38-caliber handgun they believe was used in the shooting near the women's home. "I Leathers were a lesbian couple. And I know there is no greater love than a mother's love for a governor could not stop the execution, but he could have granted a 30-day Jean Allen's legal representation was alarmingly inadequate. We grew up together. demonstrably religious. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board held a clemency The execution was the second of eight planned in aaa, 4th murderer executed in U.S. in 2001 Leathers was exiting the car when Allen, who had followed them, walked up with her hands underneath a sweatshirt. Oklahoma City. Try again. She forgave me. use at the trial. ACLU Capital Punishment Project from the case and have competent counsel appointed. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General - and that before firing the gun Allen had said, "If I can't have you, monster who hunted down and killed her victims, and because of her We didnt have a lot of financial support or materialistic things. "I don't have any grudges against her," Wilson said. Walter Little, pastor of Oklahoma "I think my motor skills are different from other people that can comprehend things faster. 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