 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Despite appeals and attempts to save his life, Sanchez did not present a clemency application to the state's Pardon and Parole Board. This led to blame by his former attorneys being levelled on Reverend Jeff Hood, a spiritual adviser who has befriended a number of death row inmates over the years. The execution is pending a decision from the US Supreme Court, after a request for a stay of execution in federal court was made by Sanchez's new attorney, Eric Allen of Columbus, Ohio. Allen said he needed more time to go through boxes of evidence in the case, but was rejected by a federal judge. For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US On December 20, 1996, 21-year-old university student Juli Busken was abducted from the car park of her apartment complex in Norman, Oklahoma. Her body was found the same day near a lake on the outskirts of Oklahoma City. Busken, who had performed in a number of ballerina performances during her time at the university, was found to have been bound, raped and then shot in the head. Nine years of agony for Busken's family followed, mitigated only slightly upon Sanchez's conviction in 2006. "Mr and Mrs Busken, I swear to God I didn't kill your daughter," Sanchez shouted to the grieving family before jurors were taken from the courtroom after a guilty verdict was re){kind=link}
Killer Anthony Sanchez is facing execution in Oklahoma today for the brutal murder of university student Juli Busken in 1996, despite repeated claims his dad did it
A death row inmate is due to be executed today despite his continued claims he is innocent and the suggestion his father could have been involved.
Anthony Sanchez, 44, is scheduled to receive a lethal three-drug injection for the killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student in 1996. The case of Juli Busken’s death went unsolved for years and Sanchez wasn’t convicted until 2006.
Sanchez is due to die at 10am CDT (4pm BST) at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
Despite appeals and attempts to save his life, Sanchez did not present a clemency application to the state’s Pardon and Parole Board. This led to blame by his former attorneys being levelled on Reverend Jeff Hood, a spiritual adviser who has befriended a number of death row inmates over the years.