Alabama sets October execution using nitrogen gas

Alabama to execute prisoner using nitrogen gas

Gov. Kay Ivey said the state will execute Anthony Boyd using nitrogen gas, despite his please. The new execution method has been called inhumanely critics.

Alabama inmate set to die by nitrogen gas asks for firing squad, hanging to avoid "conscious suffocation"

An Alabama death row inmate who is scheduled to be executed using nitrogen gas later this year is challenging the controversial method in an ongoing lawsuit.

Alabama sets October execution using nitrogen gas

Alabama has scheduled an October execution using nitrogen gas. Gov. Kay Ivey set an Oct. 23 execution date for 53-year-old Anthony Boyd.

Alabama sets date to execute Anthony Todd Boyd by nitrogen gas

Boyd was convicted of dousing a man with gas and watching him burn over a $200 drug deal, court records show.

Alabama sets execution date for man who suggested dying by firing squad, hanging

The announcement comes as Anthony Boyd is fighting in federal court to be executed without using nitrogen gas.