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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 · 83% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 90% Audience Score 100+ Ratings "The Execution of Wanda Jean" chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen. By telling one woman's story, the...
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Wanda Jean was sentenced to death in 1989 after she shot and killed her lover, Gloria Leathers, outside an Oklahoma City Police Station. The film finds her eleven years later, her execution date just months away. This documentary follows Wanda Jean's final months on death row, as she and her...
Background. Death of Dedra Pettus. Gloria Jean Leathers. Trial. Execution. See also. Further reading. References. 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.
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. Wanda Jean was sentenced to death in 1989 after she shot and killed her lover, Gloria Leathers, outside an Oklahoma City Police Station.
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asks Liz Garbus, director of The Execution of Wanda Jean, a documentary about the mentally disabled, disarmingly charming Wanda Jean Allen, an African-American woman put to death in...
Mar 15, 2002 · In January 2001, Wanda Jean Allen was the first African American woman executed since Betty Buckley in 1954. The film airs Sunday night on HBO.
