Robert L Allen

Redemption of the Executioner Robert L Allen

Robert Allen is a former law enforcement officer, martial artists and professional instructor who worked on Georgia's Death Row for nearly a decade and participated in 10 executions by the electric chair. He was selected as Correctional Officer of the Year for the state of Georgia in 1986. He was the member of a tactical unit, a defensive Tactics and firearms instructor and won top shooter in two law enforcement academies. He served as a Training Officer for two years. He was plunged into many years of nightmares, flashbacks and committed to several psychiatric hospitals before being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in 2015. Today he is retired and lives in Jacksonville, Florida where he speaks to colleges, spiritual groups and has appeared on a national radio program to talk about the death penalty in America.