An Alabama death row inmate is set to become the seventh man executed in the state with the controversial method of nitrogen hypoxia.
Anthony Todd Boyd, 54, is being executed on Thursday, Oct. 23, for the 1993 murder of a man named Gregory Huguley, who was taped up and burned alive over a $200 cocaine debt, according to court documents.
In the days leading up to the execution, Boyd pleaded to meet with Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, saying in a taped message at a news conference this week that he's innocent.
"Please come sit down and talk to me before this execution is carried out, before an innocent man is executed ... and have a conversation with the guy that you deemed one of the worst of the worst," he said, adding that he had nothing to do with the crime. "Do the right thing and stop this execution."
Ivey's office said in a statement that the governor "personally reviews" each execution and that process is "underway."
