An Alabama inmate, who officials say is scheduled to die in October by nitrogen hypoxia , is pushing for execution by firing squad, hanging or medical-aid-in-dying instead.

Anthony Boyd has filed a lawsuit challenging the relatively new and controversial execution method that uses lethal gas to cause suffocation, arguing its application is unconstitutionally cruel — something multiple inmates facing the same fate in Alabama have tried to prove with legal actions.

Witnesses to previous nitrogen gas executions have raised concerns about whether the method results in unnecessary suffering. So far, no cases arguing against its use have been successful in court.

Boyd is on death row for the 1993 murder of Gregory Huguley, according to court filings, which show he was one of four men

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