The Execution of Wanda Jean 2002

This lawyer needs some type of recognition. He put his all into her

But yet. 2018. Chris Watts murdered his whole family. Threw his 2 daughters into oil tanks. And buried his wife and unborn son in a shallow grave. He gets life imprisonment.. Unbelievable!

This has to be the best version of a lawyer I've ever seen. His not just a good and moral lawyer, his like a best friend, a brother to Wanda Jean and a true friend and counsellor to her family. I've never seen a lawyer with a bigger heart. He is so invested and it's so touching. The responsibility he must feel would be overwhelming.

When the Pardons and Parole Board members had no questions for Wanda Jean, I immediately knew the board would vote for no clemency.

Wow, her lawyer is no lawyer. He's a truly amazing, kindhearted, compassionate human being. A shining example of a great person.

The daughter’s comment, “I don’t hate her, I hate what she did” shows what an amazing person she is.

The board looks like they already had their minds set from the jump and didn’t even listen to anything the medical professional said or Wanda herself. The fact that after Wanda read her letter to them to beg for her life, they didn’t even have any questions to ask her, broke my heart. So sad. Such a sad case all around.

Mr. Presson really was such a light to Wanda's family. Even after being threatened, he still loved on her and her family, fought his hardest to save her life and was devastated when he couldn't. It's very obvious that this family suffers a lot of mental instability and the stress of losing Wanda was really bringing it all out.

i mostly had tears in my eyes for the lawyer. He is such a good person.

Say what you want about the case but we can all agree that her legal representation was phenomenal!!!

Disturbing, sad & haunting. Wanda's Lawyer tried so hard to keep her alive.

It is clear after seeing the cards she sent, she was an extremely unstable and dangerous person, however, its also clear that brain damage and mental illness played a significant role. She needed to be in a hospital, not executed.

I cried when her lawyer cried you don't find attorneys like that anymore

Sister in law stopped a prayer to hear a man talk that didn't want to talk....GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!!!

She was given a second chance after the first murder she committed, she then committed another murder. There are so many arguments for and against the death penalty; but at some point it seems that the victims get lost in all of this while people argue over the perpetrator of the crime. They had no problem imposing a death penalty onto their victim or if they were in pain or tortured, leaving their families with the pain and heartache of their loved one. In this case, she was shown it was wrong to murder and yet did it again…

Rip to Gloria… I don’t have a comment about Wanda Jean bc I’m a survivor of Abuse and my ex was able to present himself as a good person in front of others and he was a monster. Sending forever prayers to the victim’s family.

That lawyer rolled until the wheels fell off

She had some damn good lawyers. They fought tooth and nail for her.

David’s face at 1:06:05 says it all. The level of anxiety, nervousness, overwhelming concern, knowing that too a great extent, this brave, strong but very vulnerable’s person’s life was on his hands, but how the situation and her fate were clearly out of his hands as well. A lawyer like this is a rare gift, David had such a great heart. I first saw this documentary, when I was 12 years old, in 2003, two years after Wanda Jean Allen’s execution. At the time I had no grasp about her learning difficulties, my parents were watching the doc on HBO. But I saw this documentary again when I turned 21, 11 years ago. It made a bigger impact, and I learned more about compassion and devotion from David’s example.

Rest in POWER Gloria ❤‼️ You aren’t forgotten, and your life isn’t being discarded or exchanged for Wanda… if the two are one in the same mentally, LORD have mercy, and bless you both.