Anthony Boyd, 53, has spent three decades on death row for a 1993 murder he insists he didn’t commit. Convicted of killing George Huguley, Boyd was sentenced to death in 1995 after a 10–2 jury vote. “I didn’t kill anybody. I didn’t participate in any killing,” he said during a recent rally.
Boyd is scheduled to die using a new and controversial method called nitrogen hypoxia, where the inmate breathes only pure nitrogen through a mask. Critics call it “inhumane” and “experimental,” while Alabama officials defend it as an alternative to lethal injection.
Speaking by phone from prison, Boyd said, “This is not just about me. This is about injustice in this state.” Supporters, including Reverend Jeff Hood from the Execution Intervention Project, are urging Alabama to commute his sentence, saying the death penalty is “not as simple as calling people monsters.”
As the clock ticks down, Boyd’s fate raises a haunting question — can justice truly be served if doubt remains?
