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Wanda Jean Allen. 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 ...
The Execution of Wanda Jean: Directed by Liz Garbus. With Wanda Jean Allen, Jesse Jackson, David Presson. The Execution of Wanda Jean chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen, the first black woman to be put to death in the United States in the modern era.
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Jan 15, 2002 · "The Execution of Wanda Jean" is an unflinching investigation of the role that poverty, mental health, race, and sexuality play within the criminal justice system. Signed in.
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The film chronicles Wanda Jean’s final weeks as step-by-step her legal team exhausts every option to save her life. At the same time, THE EXECUTION OF WANDA JEAN tells the story of the victim’s family. Remarkably, Ruby Wilson, Gloria Leathers’ mother and the only witness to Wanda Jean’s fatal shooting of her daughter, is able to forgive ...
Mar 18, 2002 · "The Execution of Wanda Jean," the resulting documentary directed by Garbus and produced by Garbus and Rory Kennedy, premiered on HBO Sunday night (it will also run on March 18, March 20, March 22 ...
Mar 15, 2002 · Tavis Smiley speaks with filmmaker Liz Garbus about her documentary, The Execution of Wanda Jean. In January 2001, Wanda Jean Allen was the first African American woman executed since Betty ...
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Sep 9, 2002 · The Execution Of Wanda Jean. Wanda Jean Allen was convicted of murder in 1989, and sat on death row in Oklahoma until Jan. 11, 2001, when she became the first black woman legally executed in ...
