Oklahoma anti-death penalty group wants commutation

Members of an anti-death penalty group are asking Gov. Mary Fallin to commute the sentence of Oklahoma death row inmate Garry Allen to life in prison.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Modified: April 9, 2012 at 10:34 am | Published: April 9, 2012

Members of an anti-death penalty group are asking Gov. Mary Fallin to commute the sentence of Oklahoma death row inmate Garry Allen to life in prison.

photo - In this photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Garry Thomas Allen is pictured in a photo dated March 7, 2012. Allen is sentenced to be executed next week for the Nov. 21, 1986 killing of Lawanna Titsworth. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)

In this photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Garry Thomas Allen is pictured in a photo dated March 7, 2012. Allen is sentenced to be executed next week for the Nov. 21, 1986 killing of Lawanna Titsworth. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)

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Members of the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty met Monday with Fallin's general counsel, Steve Mullins.

Fallin denied clemency for Allen on March 13 and set his execution date for Thursday. The anti-death penalty group wants Fallin to reconsider that decision.

The request is based on the Pardon and Parole Board's 4-1 vote in 2005 that recommends clemency for Allen and the issue of what defense attorneys say is Allen severe limited mental capacity.

Allen's attorneys say he was mentally impaired on Nov. 21, 1986, when he killed 42-year-old Lawanna Gail Titsworth, the mother of his two children, in Oklahoma City.