Woman sentenced to death for locking child in box to die

A woman identified as Samantha Allen has
been sentenced to death in the killing of her
10-year-old cousin who was locked in a small
plastic storage box and left to die.
The 29-year-old woman from Phoenix, Arizona
got the verdict on Monday.
The jury reached the verdict after Sammantha
Allen was convicted in June of first-degree
murder and four counts of child abuse in the
2011 killing of Ame Deal, who was punished
for stealing an ice pop.
Allen held her head in her hand and wept as
the verdict was read and later cried and
hugged her attorneys before she was led out
of the courtroom, San Francisco Chronicles
reported.

“Lack of remorse was the biggest thing that
played into it for us, that we didn’t see that
from Sammantha throughout the whole
process,” juror Anne Schaad told KTVK-TV.

Allen will become the 55th woman condemned
to die in the United States. There are only two
other women on death row in Arizona, which is
among the states struggling to buy execution
drugs after pharmaceutical companies began
blocking the use of their products in lethal
injections.
In Allen’s case, authorities said she and her
husband are responsible for making Ame get
into the box, where she was left and found
dead six or seven hours later.
The authorities said the girl died as a result of
a long history of abuse.
The late 10-year-old was forced to eat dog
faeces, crush aluminium cans barefoot,
consume hot sauce and get in the storage box
on other occasions. She also was kicked in the
face, beaten with a wooden paddle and
forcibly dunked after being thrown into a cold
swimming pool, investigators revealed to the
court.

Adults at the home originally claimed Ame hid
during a late-night game of hide-and-seek
and wasn’t found until hours later.
Three other relatives are in prison serving
sentences for abusing Ame.
Allen’s husband, John Allen, 29, is scheduled
to go on trial October 9. He’s has pleaded not
guilty to first-degree murder and child abuse
and also faces the death penalty. woman identified as Samantha Allen has
been sentenced to death in the killing of her
10-year-old cousin who was locked in a small
plastic storage box and left to die.
The 29-year-old woman from Phoenix, Arizona
got the verdict on Monday.
The jury reached the verdict after Sammantha
Allen was convicted in June of first-degree
murder and four counts of child abuse in the
2011 killing of Ame Deal, who was punished
for stealing an ice pop.
Allen held her head in her hand and wept as
the verdict was read and later cried and
hugged her attorneys before she was led out
of the courtroom, San Francisco Chronicles
reported.

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