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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Fresh okra doesn’t grow on trees in these parts. :)
I understand that.
Well put.
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