Posted on 06/09/2023 11:04:48 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Derrick James, McAlester News-Capital, Okla. Thu, June 8, 2023 at 4:08 PM PDT·3 min read Jun. 8—A federal judge denied an Oklahoma death row inmate's request for new attorneys two months before his clemency hearing.
Anthony Sanchez said in a video response posted online by his spiritual advisor, Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood, the ruling was a "devastating blow."
"I'm having trouble understanding the idea of me not having the lawyers I want to represent me," Sanchez said. "I would rather do my own clemency myself than let Mark Barrett or Randy Coyne represent me. I am prepared to reject clemency if they represent me.
"I'd rather die, than let these people, Mark Barrett and Randy Coyne represent me."
Sanchez, 44, was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1996 death of 21-year-old Jewel Jean "Juli" Busken. Court documents state Busken, of Benton, Arkansas, was a ballerina and had finished her last semester at the University of Oklahoma when she was abducted from her Norman apartment and later found dead at Lake Stanley Draper.
Sanchez was convicted during a trial in 2006 after his DNA was found on Busken.
Ohio-based attorney Eric Allen filed a motion to substitute counsel on behalf of Sanchez in May, stating on two separate occasions Sanchez wished to have his attorneys Mark Barrett and Randall Coyne replaced for purposes of his Aug. 9 clemency hearing.
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Delay tactic...switch lawyers then demand a long continuance to allow them to “get up to speed”. Complete BS.
Hopefully. Not surprising him saying his father did it. I am surprised that he did not say President Trump did it. Hopefully the State will fry him or let him ride the needle.
Wish granted.
How do you know he knows who Trump is?
A little bird told me.
His father is dead, and the father’s girlfriend is making the claims that the father boasted of the killing.
Other evidence points more to the son, such as a call.from the victim’s cell phone to the ex-girlfriend of the son.
The Glossip case in Oklahoma is a real mess.
I have become opposed to the death penalty in practice, not principle. There are too many corner-cutting, career-building police and prosecutors out there.
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