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Alabama inmate maintains innocence ahead of execution by nitrogen for 1993 murder
Boyd, on Alabama death row for 30 years, challenges nitrogen gas execution citing innocence and safety concerns, while lawyers seek to halt the controversial method.
- Family members and supporters of Anthony Boyd, an Alabama inmate scheduled for execution on Oct. 23, pleaded for his life as he maintains his innocence in the 1993 murder of Gregory Huguley.
- A judge sentenced Boyd to death for his involvement in Huguley's murder related to a $200 cocaine debt, where he reportedly taped Huguley's feet before another man set him on fire.
- At a news conference organized by the Execution Intervention Project, Boyd stated, 'I didn’t participate in any killing.'
- Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's office stated that Boyd's case has been litigated for three decades and urged that he has not provided evidence to prove the jury's decision was incorrect.
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Alabama inmate maintains innocence ahead of execution by nitrogen for 1993 murder
An Alabama man scheduled to be executed this month says he did not commit the 1993 murder. Anthony Boyd is scheduled to be executed Oct. 23.
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Read Full ArticleAlabama inmate set to die by nitrogen gas for 1993 murder maintains his innocence: "I didn't kill anybody"
A man who is scheduled to be executed later this month for a 1993 murder continues to maintain his innocence, saying on Wednesday, “I didn’t kill anybody. I didn’t participate in any killing.” Anthony Boyd, 53, has been on death row in Alabama for the last three decades. He was convicted in 1995 of capital murder and kidnapping in the death of George Huguley, and a jury voted 10-2 to recommend that he receive the death penalty. Boyd spoke via ph…
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