{"id":71526,"date":"2023-06-23T05:33:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T09:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/oklahoma-death-row-inmate-rejects-chance-for-clemency-takes-parting-shot-at-republican-governor-71526"},"modified":"2023-06-23T05:33:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T09:33:47","slug":"oklahoma-death-row-inmate-rejects-chance-for-clemency-takes-parting-shot-at-republican-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/oklahoma-death-row-inmate-rejects-chance-for-clemency-takes-parting-shot-at-republican-governor-71526","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma death row inmate rejects chance for clemency, takes parting shot at Republican governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>An Oklahoma <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/oklahoma-death-row-inmates-last-words-execution-conscience-clear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death row inmate<\/a> convicted of raping and killing a University of Oklahoma dance student in 1996 plans to proceed with his death sentence, rejecting his chance for a clemency hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Sanchez, 44, told the Associated Press in a telephone interview Thursday that he does not suspect Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, would spare his life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve sat in my cell, and I\u2019ve watched inmate after inmate after inmate get clemency and get denied clemency,&#8221; Sanchez said. &#8220;Either way, it doesn\u2019t go well for the inmates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez cited the recent cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/oklahoma-inmate-bigler-stouffer-ii-defiantly-joked-laughed-moments-execution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bigler Stouffer<\/a> and James Coddington, both of whom were executed after a five-member Pardon and Parole Board recommended clemency in a 3-2 vote. It was later ultimately rejected by Stitt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/julius-jones-oklahoma-governor-grants-clemency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JULIUS JONES: OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR GRANTS CLEMENCY TO DEATH ROW INMATE AMID PUBLIC PRESSURE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They went out there and poured their hearts out, man,&#8221; Sanchez told AP. &#8220;Why would I want to be a part of anything like that, if you\u2019re going to sit there and get these guys\u2019 hopes up?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why wouldn\u2019t I try to prove my innocence through the courts,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the Republican governor granted clemency to Julius Jones, commuting his death sentence to life in prison without parole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/oklahoma-court-rejects-death-row-inmates-claim-blaming-father-rape-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OKLAHOMA COURT REJECTS DEATH ROW INMATE&#8217;S CLAIM BLAMING FATHER FOR RAPE, MURDER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In April, the Oklahoma Court of Criminals rejected Sanchez&#8217;s plea of innocence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez has maintained that his father, Thomas Sanchez, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21-year-old Juli Busken&#8217;s<\/a> actual killer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Thomas&#8217; former girlfriend alleged that he confessed to killing the college student prior to his death by suicide. The court ruled that the allegations were hearsay and not enough to overcome &#8220;compelling evidence&#8221; of Anthony Sanchez\u2019s guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Busken&#8217;s death went unsolved for years until DNA recovered from her clothes linked Anthony Sanchez to the crime. He was convicted of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rape and murder<\/a> \u2014 and sentenced to die in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>She was abducted on Dec. 20, 1996, from her apartment complex in Norman, Oklahoma. Her body was found that evening in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/oklahoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">southeast Oklahoma City<\/a>. She had been raped and shot in the head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since Sanchez plans to reject a chance at clemency, he is expected to be killed by lethal injection on September 21, 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Governor Stitt&#8217;s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/oklahoma-death-row-inmate-rejects-chance-clemency-takes-parting-shot-republican-governor\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/oklahoma-death-row-inmate-rejects-chance-clemency-takes-parting-shot-republican-governor <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oklahoma death row inmate convicted of raping and killing a University of Oklahoma dance student in 1996 plans to proceed with his death sentence, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-71526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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