Wanda Jean Allen [SEP] convicted of
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. She was the sixth woman to be executed since executions resumed in Oklahoma in 1977. Her final appeals and the last three months of her life were chronicled by filmmaker Liz Garbus in the documentary "The Execution of Wanda Jean" (2002)
– Mitchell ruled competent to stand trial.
- December 10, 2010 – Mitchell convicted in Elizabeth Smart abduction.
- May 25, 2011 – Brian David Mitchell is sentenced to two life sentences in federal prison for the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart.
- September 11, 2018 - The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole announced Wanda Barzee is scheduled to be released on Sep 19 because the board had failed to give her credit for time served in federal prison.
- September 19, 2018 - After serving 15 years