Murder and Death Row: The Murder of Juli Busken and the Controversial Execution of Anthony Sanchez

It’s December 1996 and Juli just finished all her classes at the University of Oklahoma for her bachelor's degree in dance. Her parents are on their way up from Arkansas to help move her back home before Christmas. She said goodbye to all her friends and helped her roommate by driving her to the airport early in the morning. Juli goes missing. Her parents show up and quickly her missing case turns into a homicide case, when her body is found later that day. Fast forward 8 years and Anthony Sanchez is found guilty of the crime. But is he responsible? Anthony is scheduled to be executed on September 21, 2023. We discuss the tragic murder of Juli but also the evidence presented that put Anthony on death row. You decide. Is he innocent or guilty? If he is innocent, another young life will be lost.

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SANCHEZ v. STATE (2009). (2009, December 14). SANCHEZ v. STATE (2009) | FindLaw

OU remembers Arkansas ballerina 15 years after death. (2011, December 20). The Associated Press. OU remembers Arkansas ballerina 15 years after death (arkansasonline.com)

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Free Anthony Sanchez. (2023, May 13). The Manufactured Evidence: Ignoring Glenn Sanchez. (video file). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqDzP5OvQy4

Death Penalty Action. (2023, July 15). Evidence Unraveled: The Fight to Free Anthony Sanchez. (video file). Retrieved from Evidence Unraveled: The Fight to Free Anthony Sanchez - YouTube

Rahman, K. (2023, May 5). My Ex Admitted Killing Juli Busken - So Why Is His Son Still On Death Row? My Ex Admitted Killing Juli Busken—So Why Is His Son Still on Death Row? (newsweek.com)