McALESTER, Okla.—Oklahoma executed an inmate Thursday for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student—a case that went unsolved for years until DNA from the crime scene matched a man serving prison time for burglary.
Anthony Sanchez, 44, was pronounced dead at 10:19 a.m. following a three-drug injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He had taken the unusual step of opting not to present a clemency application to the state’s Pardon and Parole Board, which many viewed as his last chance to have his life spared.
