Justice Served: Oklahoma Executes Killer of College Dance Student After 25 Years
Oklahoma executed Anthony Sanchez by lethal injection for the 1996 rape and murder of University of Oklahoma dance student Juli Busken. Sanchez, who had been serving a burglary sentence, was convicted in 2006 after his DNA was matched to the crime. Despite claiming innocence, Sanchez did not seek clemency and was pronounced dead at 10:19 a.m. CDT. His attorneys' requests for a stay of execution and more time to review evidence were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. Sanchez had accused his late father of the crime, citing an alleged confession from an ex-girlfriend.
