Court Rejects Oklahoma Inmate’s Claim Father Killed Woman

Anthony Sanchez (R) is escorted into a Cleveland County, Okla., courtroom for a preliminary hearing in Norman, Okla., on Feb. 23, 2005. Jaconna Aguirre/The Oklahoman via AP

OKLAHOMA CITY—The Oklahoma Court of Criminals on Thursday rejected a death row inmate’s claim that his father was the actual killer of a University of Oklahoma (OU) dance student in 1996.

The court’s decision paves the way for Anthony Sanchez, 44, to be executed by lethal injection on Sept. 21.