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Alabama to execute man for 1993 murder in state’s latest nitrogen gas execution
Boyd was convicted for a 1993 murder involving a $200 cocaine debt; nitrogen gas executions have been used six times in Alabama, the state’s preferred method since last year.
- Thursday evening, Anthony Boyd, 54, is scheduled to be executed at William C. Holman Correctional Facility after courts reviewed timing and procedures for the sentence.
- A jury convicted Boyd of capital murder during a kidnapping and recommended death by a 10-2 vote for the killing whose burned body was found Aug. 1, 1993.
- The state uses a nitrogen gas procedure that replaces breathable air with pure nitrogen, causing death by lack of oxygen; Boyd's lawyers argued the method causes `conscious suffocation` with witnesses describing shaking and gasping during nitrogen executions.
- Earlier this month, a federal judge refused to stop Boyd’s execution, the Rev. Jeff Hood, spiritual adviser, called the nitrogen method `most viscerally horrible by far`, and supporters placed billboards while Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office said the case has been litigated for three decades.
- Boyd has maintained his innocence, saying `I didn’t participate in any killing` during an Oct. 8 news conference, while prosecutors cite his conviction and plea-deal issues.
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