Death row inmate refuses clemency bid despite accusing father of crime.

Oklahoma death row inmate Anthony Sanchez, who is scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student, plans to reject his chance for a clemency hearing, saying there is little hope the state's Republican governor would spare his life. Sanchez maintains his innocence and claims his late father was the actual killer of Juli Busken. However, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals rejected a request from Sanchez's attorneys for an evidentiary hearing. Sanchez cited the recent cases of Bigler Stouffer and James Coddington, both of whom were executed after the board voted 3-2 for clemency that was later rejected by Gov. Kevin Stitt.
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