Woman sentenced to death for killing 10 year old cousin

A court in the United States has sentenced an Arizona woman to death for the killing of her 10-year-old cousin, who was locked in a trunk as punishment for stealing a popsicle.

According to Fox News, Sammantha Allen becomes the third woman sentenced to death in the state.

The 29-year-old was convicted in June of first-degree murder and child abuse in the death of her cousin in 2011.


Allen put her head down and sobbed as the verdict was read.