Death row inmate Wanda Jean Allen talks to a
reporter in this Dec. 29, 2000. file photo
at the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in Oklahoma City.
Photo by Jerry Laizure, File (AP)
Wanda Jean Allen
Wanda Jean Allen pleads with the Oklahoma Clemency
Board to spare her life during
a clemency hearing in Lexington, Okla., in this Dec. 15, 2000 file
photo.
Photo by J.Pat Carter, File (AP)
Wanda Jean Allen
Wanda Jean Allen
Wanda Jean Allen
An
unflinching investigation of the role that poverty, mental health,
race, and sexuality play within the criminal justice system. Wanda
Jean Allen was an attractive young woman with what many considered
to be an appealing personality. She was also an African-American
lesbian whose low IQ indicated borderline retardation. By the age of
29, Wanda Jean had killed twice - and would become one of the most
controversial death-row inmates in recent history.
Wanda Jean Allen
Wanda Jean Allen
Officers remove Wanda Jean
Allen's body
