Alabama man set for execution urges meeting with governor to argue innocence
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An Alabama death row inmate who insists he is “an innocent man” has asked Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to meet with him before he is executed by the state later this week.
Anthony Boyd, 53, is scheduled to be executed using nitrogen gas Thursday evening at the William C. Holman Correctional Center for capital murder in the 1993 burning death of Gregory Huguley.
Boyd, who maintains his innocence, requested to meet with the governor in a recorded message played at a press conference hosted by the Corrections Intervention Project and his spiritual advisor, the Rev. Jeff Hood.
“Before an innocent man is executed, come sit down with me and talk to the man you consider to be one of the worst,” Boyd said.
THE EXECUTION OF A PRISONER IN ALABAMA REMAINS TO DETERMINE WHETHER HE IS QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO BE KILLED
Anthony Boyd, 53, is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening in Alabama after being convicted of capital murder in a kidnapping. (Alabama Department of Corrections)
But Boyd said if Ivey believes she was deceptive or evasive during the meeting, “please carry out the punishment.”
“If not, I’m asking you to stop this execution, stop this execution, get a full and fair investigation of my case,” Boyd said.
Ivey’s spokesman, Mike Lewis, said the governor personally reviews every case scheduled for execution.
“But at this point, we have not seen any recent court filings challenging Mr. Boyd’s guilt in the horrific, burning-alive murder of Gregory Huguley. Nor have we received any notice of pardon to that effect,” Lewis told The Associated Press.
Lewis called Boyd’s abnormal request “particularly unhelpful,” noting that the governor’s review of execution cases does not include one-on-one interviews with inmates.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has stopped only one execution since taking office in 2017. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
THE EXECUTION WAS PREPARED FOR THE PERVERTED MURDERER WHO MOCKED THE POLICE WITH THE MESSAGE IN THE VICTIM’S BLOOD: ‘YOU CAN CATCH ME’
Ivey has stopped only one execution since taking office in 2017.
Huguley’s body was found burned on Aug. 1, 1993, at a ball field in rural Talladega County. Boyd was one of four men who kidnapped Huguley the day before, prosecutors said.
A witness for the prosecution testified at trial as part of the plea agreement and said Boyd taped Huguley’s feet together before pouring gasoline on another man and setting him on fire.
Prosecutors said Huguley was burned alive over a $200 drug debt.
Although Boyd’s attorneys argued that he was attending a party at the time of the crime, the jury voted 10 to 2 to convict him of capital murder during the kidnapping. They recommended that he be sentenced to death.
Anthony Boyd will be executed by nitrogen gas at the William C. Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama. (AP)
Boyd is set to die from nitrogen gas, a controversial method that Alabama began using last year. convicted murderer Kenneth Smith was executed In January 2024.
While Boyd’s lawyers appealed to federal courts to halt the execution to examine the new method, the federal judge rejected this request.
On Monday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request from Boyd’s lawyers to stay the execution.
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Shawn Ingram, who was accused of dousing Huguley with gasoline and setting her on fire, was also found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death in Alabama.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
