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So, Wanda Jean Allen was pronounced dead at 9:21 p.m. on Jan. 11 after receiving a lethal injection, the first black woman to be executed in this country since 1954. Justice has been served.
Or has it?
I can recall the debate over executing women after the infamous Susan Smith was convicted of drowning her two young sons.
Susan Smith received a life sentence.
Wanda Jean Allen received the death penalty.
What we have here are two murder convictions with two entirely different outcomes, which I believe indicate some serious inequalities in our legal system.
How could this possibly have happened?
I have some theories:
Susan Smith had better legal counsel.
Susan Smith was better looking.
Susan Smith was white.
Susan Smith was heterosexual.
I rest my case.
