Anthony Sanchez, who is scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 murder of University of Oklahoma student Juli Busken, plans to refuse his chance for a clemency hearing, citing little hope in the state's governor sparing his life. Sanchez maintains his innocence, and while his attorneys previously requested an evidentiary hearing claiming his father was the actual killer, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals rejected the request. Despite concerns about the state's execution methods, Oklahoma resumed carrying out the death penalty in 2021.

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