‘I am innocent,’ Anthony Sanchez's final words before execution for 1996 murder of Oklahoma student Juli Busken

“I am innocent.” Sanchez was put to death by lethal injection on September 21, 2023, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in the town of McAlester, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Corrections said. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Oklahoma Department of Corrections" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS “I didn’t kill nobody.” Those were the last words of Anthony Sanchez, 44, who was found guilty of raping and killing a University of Oklahoma dance student in 1996, and was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, September 21, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Anthony spoke to News 4 over the phone two days before his execution and said, “At the end of the day, nobody escapes death, nobody.” The death-row inmate expressed his sympathy for the family of Juli Busken, whom he was convicted of raping and killing in 1996. Anthony Sanchez enjoyed a final meal before his execution Before he was executed by lethal injection, Sanchez had a last meal of chicken fried steak, fried okra, mashed potatoes, and gravy, a roll, sweet iced tea, and apple pie with vanilla ice cream, according to a report from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.