Posted on 09/21/2023 11:54:24 AM PDT by Morgana
Oklahoma death row inmate Anthony Sanchez, 44, was executed for the 1996 rape and murder of a 21-year-old ballerina at 10.19am Thursday by lethal injection.
Sanchez received a series of three injections with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections noting the family of the victim did not attend.
The 44-year-old was sentenced to death after being convicted of the heinous crime against University of Oklahoma student Juli Basken who he abducted, sexually assaulted, bound and shot in the head at Lake Stanley Draper.
His last meal was chicken fried steak, fried okra, mashed potatoes, apple pie and ice cream, hot roll and sweet iced tea, telling KFOR on Tuesday: 'I probably won't be able to eat it to tell you the truth.'
Despite a bullet, DNA evidence, a footprint and a sketch of the suspect convincing a jury of his guilt, Sanchez maintained his innocence up until the execution but did not request clemency claiming there was 'little hope.'
While strapped to the gurney Sanchez's last words were 'I'm innocent. I didn't kill nobody.'
Some reports said that he added that his attorneys were 'the worst lawyers in the state of Oklahoma' and that he's 'sorry to whoever has them as lawyers.'
Earlier this week, while speaking to KFOR, Sanchez said: 'If this is what makes the Busken's happy and able to move on, I'm happy for 'em. But I'm innocent. I didn't kill their daughter,' he added to the outlet.
Sanchez also said to the outlet that he didn't want to have any of his family to witness the execution.
'Nobody wants to see their son executed and that's why I don't want nobody here.'
The case went unsolved for years until DNA from the crime scene was matched Sanchez who was serving prison time for burglary.
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What’s wrong with fried okra? Darn good eatin’.
I love fried okra. It doesn’t love me .
Try ‘em fried, or pickled. Canned okra is probably pretty yucky tasting; I’ll agree with you there. In fact, most canned vegetables are kinda gross to me. Correctly cooked fresh vegetables are the way to go, whenever possible.
A dindunuffin to the end.
With enough butter, salt & pepper, I can eat it.
Otherwise, I’ll trade mine for your Brussel Sprouts, my favorite.
Were you raised by communists?
In Oklahoma when the squash bugs are killing the squash, the cucumbers, and tomatoes are burning up. The okra is thriving. The hotter, the better it grows. It is very popular because you can’t kill it.
Dip them in milk and egg. Roll them in corn meal. Fry in meat grease.
As far as the old boy they put to sleep, there are more in McAlester that need the same.
And?
If you’ve never had fried okra, you haven’t really eaten okra.
It’s probably my favorite side dish.
Longhorn Steakhouse has delectable fried okra. Church’s Chicken and Cracker Barrel also do it pretty well.
With the credibility of our government now at the level it’s earned when it comes to “trumped-up” prosecutions and persecutions, I’d be reluctant to entrust them with the power to carry out the ultimate penalty on anyone convicted of a capital crime based on anything less than slam-dunk evidence, such as multiple broad-daylight witnesses.
I’m anything but a bleeding heart, but I would suggest anyone spending 20 years in the slammer for a murder whose guilt nobody can be absolutely sure of hasn’t exactly gotten away with it, even if they did the dastardly deed.
However, on that chance they didn’t…
It's what's for dinner.
“Canned okra is probably pretty yucky tasting” — gets ***slimy*** when reheated. Avoid it!
If the Okra’s fresh and fried in butter, that’s good. Re-heated, it’s often very slimy and nasty. Dump it into the compost pile!
I also add corn meal to the mixture to tamp down the slime if it arises.
It's almost like corn bread, but not quite.
“I also add corn meal to the mixture to tamp down the slime if it arises.”
Dump the slimy old Okra; get some fresh stuff.
The only time I like okra slimy is with stewed tomatoes, and even that is iffy at best. Definitely avoid slimy okra!
” It may sound awful, but I’d rather the occasional innocent be executed, rather than the guilty not be.”
your comment doesn’t make sense.
if the occasional innocent it executed, then someone guilty has NOT been and is still free, or alive at least..
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