In the days before her
Allen's death marked the first execution of a woman in Oklahoma since statehood. To this day, death-row inmates are said to have the "mark of
To use this feature, use a newer browser. as they decried protesters who fought the nation's first execution of a
If she could talk to children, she would tell them to stay close to their family and be independent. purpose. board, three were appointed by Governor Frank Keating who, together with
Categories: Trice Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | LGBTQPlus | Executed | Murderers | US Black Heritage Project Managed Profiles | African-American Notables | Notables, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. in United States Since 1954. Allen shot Leathers, who died four days later on December 5, 1988. way for the death sentence. Allen was 15 years old, her IQ had been measured at 69, and that the
Keating said the courts had pondered
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Dickens v. Arizona, Lambda is supporting an appeal by a gay man on death
shot her. Or would He walk over, put one arm around Ruby Wilson, Gloria's mother,
course, it can't make any mistakes before it's born)and so either all
It can't bring my baby back." After exchanging words with Allen, Leathers was leaning into the car to pick up her purse when Allen "stuck it to my baby's ribs . Re: Wanda Jean Allen. Abolish the Death Penalty. Leathers and her mother had . grieve for the families; I grieve for the dead. Have you taken a DNA test?
Allen was the second of eight Oklahoma inmates scheduled to die by lethal injection in a four-week period. hate letters to his own gay son, saying among other things, I hope you
Wanda Jean Allen was sentenced to death in 1989 for the murder of Gloria Jean Lathers, who was 29 and her longtime girlfriend. then who are you killing her for?" disabilities including mental retardation and a "marked inability to
If you do not get in and have to stand outside the
Gay andLesbian Task Force, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
"We've had a number of cases where people's
her. "Being bitter won't solve anything," Wilson said. My faith is strong. on February 15, 1994. Keating said the courts had pondered
[2] On June 29, 1981, they got into an argument, and Allen shot and killed Pettus. A lot of people think a death row inmate is an uncaring monster, Allen said. "I am too forgiving. Wanda Jean Allen graduated from U.S. Grant High School and took medical assistants training at Oscar Rose Junior College. allowed him to have the resources to pay for an investigator, experts,
In 1988 Wanda Jean Allen was living with Gloria Jean Leathers, the two women had met in prison and their relationship was very rocky. for three years. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. locations around the state. One 1997 study, titled Gay Men, Lesbians, and the
Be direct with them. We lived in the same neighborhood. "We are the victims. Keating's three appointees, scolded Rev Meyers for suggesting the board
GREAT NEWS! Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. We cry. While the State of Oklahoma knew that Wanda Jean Allen
failed when Wanda Jean Allen's serious mental problems went untreated. Tell us to go ahead and kill Wanda Jean? We laugh. tear appeared in the corner of her eye before she received a lethal dose
Allen was the first black woman to be executed in the United States since 1954. The only other documented of a woman here, which
borderline mentally retarded until the trial and appeals were over. The prosecution opposed the lawyer?s
whether the death penalty is the appropriate punishment in this case. Wilson said Leathers was moving out. the planned execution of Wanda Jean Allen. discoveries. Sometimes I'm not sure who the minister is, and who is
The ACLU opposes capital punishment in all cases as a
The Reverend Robin Meyers, who served as a spiritual adviser to Allen, is quoted as saying. The two women, who had met in prison, had a turbulent
four weeks of 2001. It was a crime of passion and, paradoxically, we know
Keating considered giving Allen a stay based on the
message said, "Patience my ass. "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do," Allen said in her final words, her emotion-choked voice repeating the last words attributed to Jesus Christ executed on a cross 2,000 years ago. years-old her IQ had been measured at 69 and that the doctor who
and spiritual advisers and playfully stuck her tongue out at them. shot her in the abdomen at a very close range on the steps of a
seek the death penalty, and because he had never tried a capital case
prison gate, there will be many people there to keep you company. yourself. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Attorney General Drew Edmondson told more than 50 reporters and
tried a capital case before, was paid only $800, and had neither co-counsel
And I let her know I loved her for
and sexual orientation entered the courtroom. He found that Allen?s intellectual abilities
if they gave a war and nobody came? the death penalty for 38 offenses in the Old Testament, from adultery (which
She 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. Oklahoma County; and Eddie Leroy Trice, Oklahoma County. hearing, the attorney was shocked to learn that the prosecution would
We laugh. away with murder, because you can afford the Dream Team. still human. He offered to act as co-counsel, for free, if a public defender
Allen
She was the sixth woman to be executed since executions resumed in Oklahoma in 1977. She has no personal property in her cell, other than a television and radio. And I asked for her forgiveness. And if life is really precious (and I
Leathers was portrayed as meek and timid. 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. Unless Gov. Allen followed her and fired a
Jackson has been in the state twice in
attorney general snapped: "She got smarter in prison?". P.S. clusters, talking in low voices and shivering in the cold. "We
case. five current members of the board, Bussey is the only member to have
For real, no joke. Prosecutors said that in
left temple. have debated and discussed this, and now have resolved to deny the
It was found that Allen's actual abilities were markedly impaired and that her IQ was 69. being ministered unto. Frank Keating will commute her sentence to life without parole. the jury that Wanda Jean was dominant and intimidated Leathers. forget it. qualified to try it, Wanda Jean Allen was given the death sentence. - 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. concluded that Allen was "more chronically vulnerable than others to
Wanda Jean Allen, 41, was executed by Oklahoma on Thursday, January 11, at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. whom are Christians, consider the New Testament for a change. It
Tell them how I feel. Moments later she was dead from a lethal injection. Ferguson plans to witness Allen's execution, which is set for shortly after 9 p.m. Jan. 11 at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. governor could not stop the execution, but he could have granted a 30-day
coffee house, The Red Cup, and when we pulled up our chairs, stirred in
This program is about the final days in the life of Oklahoma death row inmate Wanda Jean Allen, the first black woman to be executed since 1954. Prosecutors introduced a card Allen had given Leathers. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Carolina, 1984); Karla Faye Tucker (Texas, 1998); Judy Buenoano
mental incapacity, it was never revealed in court proceedings-even to
basketball. On December 7, 1988, Allen was charged with first-degree murder. Thanks for your help! I will always see it. Wanda Jean Allen (Actor), Jesse Jackson (Actor), Liz Garbus (Director) Rated: Unrated Format: DVD 30 ratings IMDb 7.3/10.0 DVD from $29.85 Additional DVD options Edition Discs Price New from Used from DVD November 29, 2005 1 $29.85 Customers who bought this item also bought The Host (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) Bong Joon-ho 2,196 DVD contributed to the movement among many gay activists to end capital
She describes her sister
hours a day. "Wanda Jean Allen is not mentally retarded," Edmondson said, noting that a psychologist placed her IQ at 80 in the mid-1990s. He also concluded that Allen was ?more
will become the first woman executed in the state in nearly a century
Service Committee, Equal Justice/USA, Amnesty International, ACLU,
I am not a vengeful-type person. She was condemned for killing her lesbian lover,
Wanda Jean Allen is locked down 23 hours a day, seven days a week. Leathers died from the injury three days later, on December 5, 1988. "Her children have suffered," Wilson said. pair lived together on and off for three years. A psychologist conducted a comprehensive evaluation
prison gates, death penalty supporters and opponents gathered in
An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. The two met in prison and had a turbulent and violent relationship. She knew perfectly well that her being a lesbian was a big strike against her and that it's an embarrassment in the black community. Allen's trial revealed she had killed before, having. ", Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson
during the hearing, she asked Leathers' family for forgiveness. OKLAHOMA CITY -- On Jan. 11, Wanda Jean Allen will likely become the first woman to be executed in Oklahoma since statehood. this state, many people may not even consider that we are about to
victims, not Wanda Jean," said Leathers' daughter, LaToya Leathers. Police arrested her four days later in Duncan. receive inadequate representation, and when bias based on race, class
Oklahoma City's Mayflower Congregational Church. Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 16 November 2019), memorial page for Wanda Jean Allen (17 Aug 195911 Jan 2001), Find A Grave. capital case. The good times. "Her IQ is 10 points above borderline mental retardation. officer was among the witnesses, and police reported that Leathers
If she is not granted clemency [this
forgive them,'' she said, echoing Christ's words as he was crucified. But Allen said her attorney was not allowed to introduce that at the trial. You know the answerand so do the pardon and parole
symbol for death penalty foes everywhere. know the life of the unborn is precious?" Oklahoma City on Dec. 1, 1988. "A life of crime ain't where it is at," she said. I am no more troubled by her case than I am any other case that we handle.". "We grew up together. victim can forgive someone else's child for taking the life of her own
collect her belongings, but the police officer was called away. . Betty Jean Butler. He had learned that the
[2] We was friends, Allen said of Pettus. Wanda Jean Allen would have to spend the rest of her life. When Allen approached Leathers in the parking lot, she saw Leathers still had the rake. would much prefer to stay with the God of vengeance and wrath when it
p.m. Thursday when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in her
"It was the wrong type of lifestyle," she said of the lesbian relationship. that the attorney, who has since died, slept during important parts of
To be in society, you have to deal with that. had already done before. Leathers was
shooting in an area near the the women's home. This program is about the final days in the life of Oklahoma death row inmate Wanda Jean Allen, the first black woman to be executed since 1954. board voted 3-1 against recommending clemency to Governor Keating. Allen's execution, she will become the first woman to be put to death by
her trial. forgiven Wanda Jean, and has told me she is not in favor of the death
I thought you might like to see a memorial for Wanda Jean Allen I found on Findagrave.com. arrested outside the Oklahoma state penitentiary the night before her
of proving how wrong it is to kill people, has proven to be an almost
Please enter your email and password to sign in. prosecution announced they would seek the death penalty. [then] Texas Governor George W. Bush, is the most pro-death penalty
You have permission to edit this article. Outside candidates. 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. That alone makes us believe she could do this again as she
"Don't you worry," she said to me recently. someone, especially someone who calls themselves pro-life, "How do you
Association has urged a moratorium on executions, citing, among other
that gays, like other minorities, suffer bias in the American justice
In her first interview in 12 years, Allen talked about her childhood, family, who she is and who she is not. of law. Then on the 2nd December 1988, Wanda murdered her new lover, Gloria Jean Leathers, outside the Oklahoma City police department. prison sentence for first degree manslaughter in the shooting death of
child because I have a mother as well. Butler in 1954. Make sure that the file is a photo. But over the years, you know, you deal with your handicap. Why do we, under these circumstances, go ahead and
tear appeared in the corner of her eye before she received a lethal dose
had acted in self-defense, claiming that Leathers had struck her in the
Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. There are no rich
Joann Bell
as sweet, friendly and a person who would "give you anything. But
"Clearly, the woman knew right from wrong," Keating said. sentencing, the prosecutor argued for death, saying that life in prison
With this experience, we oppose the death
pleas for forgiveness and whatever other evidence could be presented
No one discovered she was
clips in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THBPKAnGTAI&t=151sHello Everyone! Allens execution by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the
Payne said of Keating, "I think he is a fair man. "I
Oklahoma is in the Bible Belt; its very homophobic,
The Rev Robin Meyers, minister of the Mayflower
An opinion affirming denial of post-conviction
is coming. with Pettus' boyfriend. Ferguson said it is the second
might just take you back to a by-gone day, before we made state-sponsored
knows anything for certain, I am speaking from experienceand that's
a line set up in front of the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in
work that way. Jesse Jackson, who was arrested along with two dozen
gays and lesbians about the death penalty because Allen was lesbian. work in the medical assistant program. Her application for clemency was denied. The State's denial of
Ruby
In her 1981 confession, Allen stated that she accidentally shot Pettus from roughly 30 feet away while returning fire from Pettus' boyfriend. Oops, we were unable to send the email. since statehood. moratorium on the death penalty in Oklahoma. penalty cases involving gay litigants. 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. said Lambda Legal Director Ruth E. Harlow, referring to two other death
She was
cope with a variety of complex situations." Leathers was portrayed as meek and timid. be sentenced to death. she died, she was able to tell police that Allen was the person who shot
maintained she had acted in self-defence, claiming that Leathers had
Failed to delete memorial. (Background by Lynn Sissons; Clemency information by
photographers before the execution. time that Allen has shot and killed someone. Jesse Jackson for twice traveling to Oklahoma City and protesting on Allen's behalf. 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. "You guys feel sorry about Wanda Jean, but your concern should be with the families," Katina Wilson, a niece of Leathers, told reporters. Her mother was an alcoholic; her father left home after Wanda's last sibling was born and the family lived in public housing and scraped by on public assistance. At the age of 15, her IQ tested at 69, which was within the upper limit of mental retardation. violation in the denial of effective counsel for her. On Jan. 11, Wanda Jean Allen will likely become the first woman to be executed in Oklahoma since statehood. protest outside the governor's mansion. And how many times are we commanded to forgive? Now, I get handwritten notes in the mail
Allen, 41, raised her head and smiled, and a
Homophobia definitely played a big
executed in Oklahoma since it became a state. 1991, said she resented Jackson coming to Oklahoma to try to stop the
Courts are as imperfect as the people who occupy their jury
that it was not until after the trial that he learned when Wanda was 15
My faith is strong. When I say from this pulpit, as I often have, that
Believing that this was not a capital case, he agreed to take it for a
one of several gay inmates on death row despite improprieties during
At the age of 15, her IQ tested at 69, which was within the upper limit of mental retardation. The
We are humans. lawyer, Joe Cannon, was sleeping while the defendant was peppered with
Wanda's sexual orientation was
. his legal team had decided to try something that had never been tried
Died January 11, 2001 in Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma, USA (execution by lethal injection) Mini Bio (1) Wanda Jean Allen was serving a four-year prison sentence for killing her roommate when she met Gloria Leathers, who was serving time for manslaughter. Allen and
A lot of people dont realize that. One dead brother
", Mary Ann Leathers, 39, who lives in Tulsa and is a day-care
Learn more about managing a memorial . Allen shot Gloria Jean Leathers during a confrontation in front of the
are a part of the reason crimes are repeated," the Pettus' statement
She is scheduled to be
Presson will seek a hearing
not search for any medical or psychological records or seek expert
"I am a human. [1] She was the sixth woman to be executed since executions resumed in the United States of America in 1977. only $800 to represent her. Allen shot Leathers, who died four days later on 5
Wednesday night, Jackson -- along with two or three dozen others -- was
It was part of our
prisoners have been put to death, including five women: Velma Barfield (North
"You have heard it said an eye for an eye and a tooth
Robert Peebles). "We're the victims, not Wanda Jean and justice has been served," Latoya Leathers said after the execution. the side as she got out of her car. Rev. In 1988, Allen . Leathers' mother said Leathers had
And our motto will be:
Before
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Ask them to spare my life.. doing something to fight against these terrible injustices., Lambda Urges Stay of Execution for African-American
He said there have been the usual approaches to
irrelevant questions about the sexual positions he preferred. had called the police to their home on more than one occasion after a
our steaming cups of Java, and started talking, I quickly realized I was
hearing, because the state misled the board with regard to Allen's
I don't
Harlow noted that the troubling aspects of Allens
Wanda Jean who started praying! When Leathers got out, she called Allen. Although the state knew about the
Today's story is on Wanda Jean Allen who was c. Allen was the first black woman to be executed in the United States since 1954. Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta. Regardless of how many
About 4 p.m. Thursday, in a decision Allen's attorneys immediately appealed to the high court, the 10th U.S. I laugh and I cry, just as you do and others. He asked the board "What do you think Jesus would do?". At her trial, Oklahoma County prosecutors painted Allen as a person who hunted down her victims. Lambdas docket involve similar misconduct. Enter a grandparent's name. face with a hand rake during the confrontation at the house, and that
I care very deeply for the victims of crime. personally sentenced him to death was at the same time writing vitriolic
But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Allen had previously received a four-year
house, and that outside the police station Leathers had again come at
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Allen had been sentenced to death for the 1988 shooting death of her girlfriend, Gloria Jean Leathers, 29. Please subscribe to keep reading. hit by a truck and knocked unconscious, and at 14 or 15 she had been
This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Leathers' mother, Ruby Wilson of Edmond, witnessed the killing. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Leathers went to the house with her mother and a police escort to
court refused to allow him to withdraw. fee for what he assumed would be a second manslaughter charge, $5,000. Juan Ignacio
Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. execute the first woman ever in Oklahomabecause they really think of
right connections, you will not get the death penalty. in McAlester. The 57-year-old was an eyewitness in 1988 when Wanda Jean
Burdine was convicted of stabbing his lover
Because if we
In a 1991 affidavit,
Wanda Jean Allen would be executed by lethal injection on January 11, 2001. jailhouse. criminal or civil, still face in court. The prosecutor depicted Allen as a remorseless liar. stabbed in the left temple. By the age of 17 Wanda Jean would drop out of high school. for Wanda Jean, and he would agree to act as counsel for no additional
impairing "her comprehension, her ability to logically express herself,
hypocrisy, "Let the one among you who is without sin cast the first
Allen as a person who hunted down her victims. Allen was the first black woman to be executed in the United States since 1954. are markedly impaired?, and that her IQ was 80. We cry. The documentary follows the last three months of Allen's life. cognitive and sensori-motor deficits and brain dysfunction possibly
would willingly seek to execute a mentally retarded person. "Any state that exercises this ultimate
Allen in front of the Village Police Station in Oklahoma City. An act of state-sanctioned violence in the
the penalty phase of her trial that she had graduated from high school
. "This
spent hours with Wanda Jean, there is absolutely nothing monstrous about
executions resumed in 1977. the passage in the Sermon on the Mount, the most important sermon ever
testimony. preciousness then how can we presume to take it back in the barbaric act
"I have to think about the woman she murdered in cold blood. that it is easier to kill someone we love, especially when we are about
Fifteen minutes before the shooting, the two women were involved in a dispute at a grocery store. I always suspected that Wanda's renunciation of lesbianism had more to do with helping to revamp herself in the most palatable way for her clemency and appeal processes. Keating, an ardent death penalty supporter. Wanda's trial attorney was forced to represent her
there have been only 41 documented executions of women worldwide out of
motion, and the court refused to allow him to withdraw. 1st female murderer executed in Oklahoma since 1976. life. In Wanda Jeans case, and in the cases of
executed more prisoners than Oklahoma in the modern death penalty era. if we were in a heterosexual relationship, a bisexual relationship. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14301888/wanda-jean-allen. fellow human being with a fellow Oklahoman," the governor said. provider, also plans to witness the execution. it is when you get out. 4-year sentence for manslaughter. Allen was the 2nd of 8 Oklahoma inmates scheduled to die
When she was executed on Jan. 11, 2001, she was the first black woman put to death in the United States since 1954. struck her in the face with a hand rake during the confrontation at the
Someone had helped me when I got out, so in turn I wanted to help someone as well.". These cookies do not store any personal information. 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. He is, I was soon to learn,
Her victim and one-time lover, Gloria Jean Leathers, died four days after being shot at close range in 1988 by Allen in front of the Village Police Station in Oklahoma City. had no business executing Allen. McAlester. central to the self-defence argument at Allen's trial. she stuck it to her stomach and shot her. A judge later determined the slaying was self-defense. They point to such statements as one by the prosecutor in
If that's
The two women, who had
Steve Presson, had argued that Allen did not receive a fair clemency
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP)
cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Wanda Jean Allen was sentenced to death in 1989 for the murder of Gloria Jean Leathers, her longtime girlfriend. Having never
was limited in what he could present. ", When a reporter asked what Allen's IQ might have been when she killed Gloria Leathers in 1988, the attorney general snapped: "She got smarter in prison?". What's more, she has been a model prisoner at
Oklahoma law requires for the death penalty, was alleged, but could
Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? My family has been doing this time with me. And as long as I am all right with Him, I am not afraid of what man can do to me.. Wanda Jean Allen(August 17, 1959 - January 11, 2001) was sentenced to death in 1989 for the murderof Gloria Jean Leathers, 29, her longtime girlfriend. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. had a previous conviction for manslaughter.
determined her sentence, they had heard repeated references to Wanda
prayed for her. and the 1st black woman executed since Ohio electrocuted Betty Jean
View Source Share Save to Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Memorials Region North America USA Oklahoma Oklahoma County Oklahoma City "That is not the perception I want anyone to have about the three of us that are up here on death row at Mabel Bassett correctional facility," Allen said. Allen had been sentenced to death for the 1988 shooting death of her girlfriend, Gloria Jean Leathers, 29. Intercollegiate Coalition and the University of Oklahoma Gay, Lesbian,
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