A DEATH row inmate has been executed by nitrogen gas suffocation for burning a man alive over a $200 cocaine debt. Anthony Boyd’s haunting last words in the Alabama death chamber protested

Alabama executed Anthony Todd Boyd, 54, with nitrogen gas for a 1993 murder on Thursday, after he used his final words to maintain his innocence and criticize the justice system.

Anthony Boyd was the eighth person executed by nitrogen gas since Alabama began using the method last year. His execution came over the strenuous objection of three liberal Supreme Court justices.

ATMORE — The State of Alabama carried out its fifth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Anthony Todd Boyd to death by nitrogen gas hypoxia for the kidnapping and killing of a man that ended in flames over 30 years ago in Talladega county.

Boyd was found guilty of the 1993 murder of Mr. Huguley, who was burned alive over a $200 (£150) drug debt in Talladega County, Alabama. Huguley's body was discovered in a recreational area in a rural part of the county in August of that year.

Boyd’s spiritual adviser, Rev. Jeff Hood, who was in the chamber with him, described the execution as “torture.”

The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon turned down a request from an Alabama inmate to block his execution, which is scheduled for today. In an unsigned order, the justices denied […]

Anthony Todd Boyd, 54, was executed with nitrogen gas on Thursday. He was convicted of capital murder for the killing of Gregory Huguley in 1993. Anthony Todd Boyd’s execution marked the fifth one of 2025 for the State of Alabama.