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Alabama Death Row Inmate Executed with Nitrogen Gas Over 1993 Murder
- On Thursday, Anthony Todd Boyd, 54, was executed by nitrogen gas for the 1993 killing of Gregory Huguley at William C Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama.
- Boyd was found guilty in 1995 with a jury recommending death in a 10-2 decision and pursued decades of appeals before U.S. courts refused to stop the sentence.
- Reporters described prolonged movements and heaving breaths during the execution, which officials said lasted longer than previous cases using a gas mask with pure nitrogen.
- Family members and supporters made last-minute pleas to spare Boyd's life, but Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said, `For more than 30 years, Boyd sought to delay justice through endless litigation, yet he never once presented evidence that the jury was wrong.`
- Alabama's use of nitrogen, introduced last year, has led to eight executions nationwide, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent questioning its constitutional validity; she called for an end to the method.
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Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas after court denies firing squad request
The state of Alabama on Oct. 23, 2025, executed convicted murderer Anthony Boyd by nitrogen gas just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider requiring the state to execute him by firing squad instead. / Credit: Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File CNA Staff, Oct 24, 2025 / 11:32 am (CNA). The state of Alabama on Thursday executed convicted murderer Anthony Boyd by nitrogen gas just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court refu…
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