The execution of Wanda Jean
By: HBO Documentary Films presents a film by Liz Garbus ; produced and directed by Liz Garbus ; produced by Rory Kennedy ; a Moxie Firecracker Production
Contributors: Docurama (Firm); New Video Group; Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc
Publisher: Docurama; Distributed by New Video Group
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Women death row inmates
Description: In 2001, Wanda Jean Allen was given a lethal injection by the state of Oklahoma, making her the first black woman to be executed in America in fifty years. Chronicles the methodical way the criminal justice system proceeds to execute Wanda Jean, a convicted murderess with a low IQ bordering on retardation. While pleas for clemency are exhausted, she faces her inevitable death.
Notes: Documentary.

Originally released in 2003.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

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